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US10744620B2	Air flow management systems and methods to facilitate the delivery of abrasives to an abrasive fluid jet cutting head Air flow management systems and methods to facilitate the delivery of abrasives to an abrasive fluid jet cutting head are provided which enable the makeup of the discharged abrasive fluid jet to be controlled or manipulated in a particularly advantageous manner. The methods may include continuously or periodically measuring a volumetric flow rate of air (or other abrasive material carrier fluid) moving through an abrasive feed passageway at one or more measurement locations and adjusting the volumetric flow rate of air (or other abrasive material carrier fluid) moving through the abrasive feed passageway based at least in part on said measuring. Systems and methods for diagnosing changes in operational conditions and/or changes in the condition of one or more components of an abrasive fluid jet cutting system are also provided.
US10744618B2	Polishing pad with secondary window seal A polishing article has a polishing surface and an aperture, the aperture including a first section and a second section. The polishing article includes a projection extending inwardly into the aperture. The polishing article includes a lower portion on a side of the first surface farther from the polishing surface. A window has a first portion positioned in the first section of the aperture and a second portion extending into the second section of the aperture. The window has a second surface substantially parallel to the polishing surface. A first adhesive adheres the first surface of the projection to the second surface of the window to secure the window to the projection and a second adhesive of different material composition than the first adhesive. The second adhesive is positioned laterally between the second portion of the window and the lower portion of the polishing article.
US10744616B2	Wafer polishing method and apparatus A wafer polishing method of polishing one surface of a wafer by rotating a rotating platen to which a polishing pad is affixed and a pressurizing head while supplying slurry onto the rotating platen and pressurizing/holding the wafer on the polishing pad with the pressurizing head, the method including: calculating an F/T value by monitoring a load current value F of a motor for rotating the rotating platen and a surface temperature T of the polishing pad during the wafer polishing; and controlling at least one of the rotation speed of the rotating platen and the polishing pressure of the pressurizing head based on the calculated F/T value.
US10744613B2	Device for machining and/or coating a workpiece The invention relates to a device (1) for machining a workpiece (2) which preferably consist at least in sections of wood, wood material or synthetic material and/or for coating the workpiece (2) with a coating material (4), comprising: a machining device (30, 40) for machining the workpiece (2), and a conveyor (20) for affecting a relative movement between the workpiece (2) and the machining device (30, 40), a controller for controlling the conveyor (20) and the machining device (30, 40), characterized in that the device (1) further has at least one workpiece measuring device (22) which is configured to measure at least one property of the workpiece (2), in particular a property of a surface (2′) of the workpiece (2) to be machined or to be coated.
US10744611B2	Machine tool control device and machine tool equipped with said control device In a machine tool, under user set conditions, a cutting tool is fed in a feeding direction while the cutting tool is moved repetitively to cut a workpiece smoothly while separating chips easily. In the machine tool and a control apparatus thereof, control means is configured to set the number of rotations of relative rotation for executing machining of a workpiece, and the number of repetitions of repetitive movement during one rotation of the relative rotation in accordance with a repetitive movement frequency attributable to a cycle during which an operation instruction can be issued.
US10744609B2	Dust collector for electric power tool and electric power tool A dust collector for electric power tool includes a casing, a ring-shaped suction opening, a dust collecting route, and a filter. The suction opening protrudes forward from the casing. The tool bit of the electric power tool is insertable into the suction opening in a state where the suction opening is brought into contact with a surface to be processed. The dust collecting route is formed within the casing and guides an air suctioned from the suction opening to a dust collection portion in the casing. The filter is disposed in the dust collection portion to capture dust suctioned with the air. On the dust collecting route in the dust collection portion, a first filter and a second filter are disposed. The first filter includes a dust collecting chamber partitioned inside the dust collection portion. The second filter is arranged outside the first filter independently from the first filter.
US10744601B2	Bonded brazing ring system and method for adhering a brazing ring to a tube A bonded brazing ring secured to an end of a tube having a solvent or a solvent with a binder applied to the surface of the tube, and a method of adhering a brazing ring to a tube using a solvent or a solvent with a binder is provided. The brazing ring is secured to the tube prior to a brazing operation.
US10744600B2	Metal plate for laser processing and method for producing stainless steel plate for laser processing A metal plate for laser processing (such as a stainless steel plate or a titanium plate) and preferably an austenitic stainless steel plate suitable for use as a metal mask or the like which undergoes fine processing with a laser has an average grain diameter d (μm) and a plate thickness t (μm) which satisfy the equation d≤0.0448·t−1.28.
US10744595B2	Transversal laser cutting machine A laser cutting machine includes a first bearing structure and a second bearing structure, a first support structure and a second support structure, a bridge, and a laser head. Each of the first and second bearing structures includes a support structure interface. The first support structure is configured to engage the support structure interface of the first bearing structure and the second support structure is configured to engage the support structure interface of the second bearing structure. The bridge is attached to the first support structure at a first intermediate support region and to the second support structure at a second intermediate support region and is configured to move in a first direction. The laser head is configured to move along the bridge in a second direction.
US10744582B2	Apparatus and method for brazing A brazing system has a first gas source, a second gas source, an enclosure, a brazing torch, and a control system configured to control a ratio of the first gas source and the second gas source.
US10744577B2	Cutting insert positioning cartridge and system for a machining tool and a machining tool comprising such a positioning system A cartridge for positioning a cutting insert onto a machining tool has a central longitudinal axis, along which the cutting insert is configured to be positioned and an end wall for supporting the cartridge. The end wall defines a first surface extending beyond the end wall and transversally to the central longitudinal axis. The cartridge includes a rear wall for supporting the cartridge against the machining tool and defining a second surface extending beyond the rear wall and a front clamping wall having a clamping hole. The clamping hole extends along a clamping direction and is configured to receive a clamping screw for clamping the cartridge onto the machining tool, wherein the clamping direction is arranged to intersect the first and second surfaces.
US10744575B2	Tip and drill A drill tip may include a first part and a second part. The first part includes a cutting edge located at a side of a first end, and a recess located at a side of a second end, where the first end is one side of a central axis and the second end is another side of the central axis. The second part includes a shank portion extending along the central axis, and an engaging portion which connects to the shank portion at a side of the first end and includes a diameter greater than the shank portion. The engaging portion is located in the recess.
US10744573B2	Methods for cutting aligned full size holes A method for enlarging each one of an initial pair of holes, which includes a first hole, extending through a first component, and a second hole, extending through a second component, includes inserting a pilot member, corresponding to a tolerance of misalignment of the first hole and the second hole of the initial pair of holes, such that pilot member passes through a clearance gap, defined by at least a portion of a boundary of first hole and at least a portion of a boundary of second hole with pilot member having a first central axis. The method also includes cutting a second pair of aligned holes through first and second components, respectively, with a cutter section, which has a second central axis.
US10744571B2	Rotating tool having a tool anchorage arrangement following a stepped path and method of positioning said tool A rotating tool includes a circumferential surface formed with a tool anchorage arrangement. The tool anchorage arrangement follows a stepped path. The tool anchorage arrangement includes an entry recess and, subsequent thereto, a radial recess and, subsequent thereto, an axial recess. Additional radial and axial recesses may be alternated to increase the number of steps, thereby extending the length of the stepped path.
US10744566B2	Gear, a method of manufacturing a gear and a geared gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine comprises a gearbox comprising a sun gear, an annulus gear, a plurality of planet gears and a carrier. The sun gear meshes with the planet gears and the planet gears mesh with the annulus gear. A planet gear comprises a first annular structure, a plurality of teeth extending radially from the first annular structure and a second annular structure abutting and secured to a cylindrical surface of the first annular structure. The first annular structure and the teeth consist of steel, the second annular structure comprises a metal matrix composite, the metal matrix comprising aluminium, aluminium alloy, steel, titanium or titanium alloy, the reinforcing material comprising titanium diboride, titanium carbide or titanium nitride. The second annular structure reduces the mass but maintains, or increases, the stiffness of the planet gear to carry centrifugal loads and to maintain roundness of the planet gears.
US10744558B2	Magnesium alloy cast-rolling unit A magnesium alloy cast-rolling unit, including: a main body; a fluid supplier; an electric pushrod; a linkage mechanism; a horizontal platform; a screw; dovetail guide rails; and a bottom plate. The main body includes a base, a spring cylinder, a hydraulic adjustment cylinder, a connection portion, and a cast-rolling unit body. The connection portion includes an arc-shaped rail. The spring cylinder includes an actuation element. The actuation element includes a piston rod and a pressure strip. The piston rod includes an external thread at one end; and the pressure strip includes an internal thread corresponding to the external thread. The fluid supplier includes a head box, a corrugated pipe, a compression spring assembly including a gland cover, a connection pipe including a convex pipe joint and a concave pipe joint, a flat plate including a groove, a smelting furnace, and a horizontal operation platform.
US10744554B2	Utility fixture for creating a distributed utility network A method and apparatus for distributing a number of utilities. The number of utilities may be coupled between a number of utility sources and a utility fixture. The number of utilities may be coupled between the utility fixture and a mobile system.
US10744552B2	Joining method for members The joining method for members according to the present invention includes: providing an aluminum component including an insertion hole provided with a rib in at least part of an edge part, and a hollow steel pipe; inserting the steel pipe into the insertion hole of the aluminum component; and expanding and deforming the steel pipe to join the steel pipe to the aluminum component by press-fitting.
US10744545B2	Process for cleaning a transport belt for manufacturing a paper web The disclosure relates to a continuous cleaning method for cleaning a moving fabric in a paper machine. The method uses one or more cleaning stages. In one embodiment, one cleaning stage applies steam to heat and soften contaminants on the fabric followed by the application of water, preferably superheated water, to remove the contaminants. Another cleaning stage may apply hot water, steam and/or superheated water via an encapsulated shower and evacuation chamber making it possible to clean the width of the fabric without substantial rewet.
US10744542B2	Polishing chamber assembly An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a polishing chamber assembly. An apparatus includes an inner drum positioned on a first axis and forming an inner chamber interior to the inner drum. The inner drum includes an object intake coupled to the inner drum at a proximal end of the inner drum and an object outlet disposed at a distal end of the inner drum. The apparatus includes an agitator configured to polish objects within the inner drum as the objects move from the object intake to the object outlet. The agitator is disposed within the inner drum and is removably coupled to a rotation element disposed on an end of the inner drum. The apparatus includes an outer drum disposed around the inner drum, which is removably coupled to the outer drum. The outer drum is releasably couplable to a base unit using attachment means.
US10744536B2	Equipment for automatically sorting non-standard parcels Equipment for sorting parcels in a logistics center, the equipment comprising an automated sorting conveyor mounted at a height over a platform and with sorting outlets equipped with sorting chutes in the form of ramps sloping downwards from respective sorting outlets of the conveyor to the platform below the conveyor, and shuttle trolleys mounted on wheels and for automatically moving non-standard parcels that cannot be machine-sorted on the sorting conveyor, the shuttle trolleys travelling along travel aisles passing under the ramps so as to optimize the footprint of the equipment.
US10744535B2	System for detecting, removing, transferring, and retrieving incompletely dried raw material Disclosed herein is a system for detecting, removing, transferring and recovering an incompletely dried material. The system includes a transfer device transferring the material subjected to a drying process, a load cell measuring a weight of the material transferred through the transfer device, a material receiving unit receiving the measured material from the load cell when the weight of the measured material is higher than weights of other materials or a preset reference weight, a thermal imaging camera photographing the material received by the material receiving unit, an incompletely-dried-material determining unit acquiring temperature information of the material photographed by analyzing image data photographed by the thermal imaging camera, and determining whether the photographed material is an incompletely dried material based on the acquired temperature information, and an incompletely-dried-material receiving unit receiving the incompletely dried material from the material receiving unit.
US10744534B2	Classifier and method for separating particles A classifier for separating particles is provided. The classifier includes a rotor having a direction of rotation defined by a rotational axis of the rotor, and a plurality of blades disposed on the rotor around the rotational axis. At least one blade of the plurality has a swept orientation in the direction of rotation. The at least one blade is arranged to contact and direct the particles away from the classifier and thereby restrict the particles from concentrating in areas adjacent to the classifier.
US10744525B1	Multi-cartridge drain guns, accessories therefor, and methods of use and manufacture thereof A drain gun includes a handle and a trigger. The handle includes a channel and a plurality of inlets. The inlets feed the channel. The trigger causes a staged release of a plurality of fluids from a plurality of cartridges to the channel via the inlets when the cartridges are stored in the handle and feeding the inlets.
US10744523B2	Mixing and dispensing apparatus A mixing and dispensing apparatus having first and second containers. The first container has a main body portion which retains a first substance. A separate compartment is located in the first container and an internal passageway is formed between the main body portion and the compartment. The second container is configured to retain a second substance, and is compressible. The second container has a top end and a closed spout, wherein the closed spout is located in the compartment with the spout extending through the internal passageway into the main body portion of said first container. A release mechanism is formed by a plunger extending within the second container. The plunger has a first end in communication with the top end of the second container, and a second end aligned with the closed spout. The second end opens the closed spout when the second container is compressed to release the second substance into the main body portion of the first container.
US10744519B1	Discharge device for discharging liquid content in tube container in droplet form A discharge device for discharging a liquid content in a tube container in a droplet form, in which a tube main body; a tube head including an integrated discharge rod; a regulating unit provided in an assembly space of the tube head; and a valve unit are sequentially assembled, so that a uniform amount of the liquid content is discharged in the droplet form through a narrow passage and a wide passage, and then through the wide passage and a narrow passage when the liquid content is discharged in the droplet form in a process of discharging the liquid content through a discharge passage by a pressure applied by a user. Accordingly, an appropriate amount of the liquid content is smoothly used. Particularly, long-term use of the liquid content is ensured, and the uniform amount of the liquid content is accurately discharged in the droplet form.
US10744515B2	Gas purifying apparatus A gas purifying apparatus, including: at least one cylindrical ground electrode configured to receive gas flowing therethrough; a discharge electrode disposed centrally within each of the at least one cylindrical ground electrode; and a power supply electrically connected to the discharge electrode and the at least one cylindrical ground electrode so as to produce an electric field and a corona discharge from the discharge electrode to a corresponding cylindrical ground electrode to generate ions and free electrons into the gas to ionise substances in the gas for gas purification, wherein the discharge electrode and the corresponding cylindrical ground electrode form at least one plasma chamber when power from the power supply is applied, and wherein the discharge electrode includes: at least one annular plate having an outer edge extending towards the corresponding cylindrical ground electrode.
US10744506B2	Device for generating droplets A system, including method and apparatus, for generating droplets suitable for droplet-based assays. The disclosed systems may include either one-piece or multi-piece droplet generation components configured to form sample-containing droplets by merging aqueous, sample-containing fluid with a background emulsion fluid such as oil, to form an emulsion of sample-containing droplets suspended in the background fluid. In some cases, the disclosed systems may include channels or other suitable mechanisms configured to transport the sample-containing droplets to an outlet region, so that subsequent assay steps may be performed.
US10744505B2	Microfluidic device for in vitro 3D cell culture experimentation A microfluidic device for in vitro 3D cell culture experimentation comprises a body in which is provided a cell culture chamber that is at least partly filled with a scaffolding substance for maintaining a cell culture. In the body a fluid path is provided that communicates with the cell culture chamber for directing a fluid stream along the scaffolding substance. The culture chamber above the scaffolding substance opens into an access port which is provided at an outer top surface of the body to provide direct access to the scaffolding substance. The scaffolding substance forms a fluid flow barrier which separates the fluid path from the access port.
US10744504B2	Microscale sampling device A microscale sampling device including a frame is provided in the present invention, a sample container, a communicating channel and a resistance channel are defined in the frame. At least one sampling chamber is defined in the communicating channel. An end of the communicating channel is communicated with the sample container and the communicating channel is arranged below the sample container. An end of the resistance channel is communicated with the sampling chamber, and the other end of the resistance channel is communicated to an output joint. The resistance channel is shaped with at least one discontinuous shape change.
US10744493B1	Method of using biopolymer to synthesize titanium-containing silicon oxide material and applications thereof A method of using biopolymer to synthesize titanium-containing silicon oxide material and applications includes mixing a titanium source, a silicon source, an acid source, a base source, a biopolymer and a solvent to form an aqueous solution, and letting the aqueous solution react to form a semi-product; performing aging, solid-liquid separation and drying of the semi-product to obtain a dried solid; and performing calcination or extraction of the dried solid to obtain a titanium-containing silicon oxide material with a high specific surface area. The present invention adopts a biopolymer as the templating agent, which makes the fabrication process of titanium-containing silicon oxide material more environment-friendly. After calcination or extraction, the product still has superior catalytic activity, able to catalyze epoxidation of olefins and favorable for the production of epoxide.
US10744486B2	Catalyst support materials and catalyst materials useful for Fischer-Tropsch processes The present disclosure relates to catalyst support materials and cobalt catalyst materials including such support materials, and their uses in Fischer-Tropsch processes. In certain aspects, a catalyst support material includes alumina, silicon oxide and titanium dioxide. In other aspects, a catalyst material includes a catalyst support material as described herein, with a catalytic metal such as cobalt disposed thereon.
US10744483B2	Method for producing super absorbent polymer and super absorbent polymer The present invention relates to a super absorbent polymer having more improved absorbency under pressure and liquid permeability, and a method for producing the same. The super absorbent polymer comprises a base polymer powder including a cross-linked polymer of a monomer containing a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated compound or its salt; and a surface cross-linked layer that is formed on the base polymer powder and is further cross-linked from the cross-linked polymer, wherein a glass hollow particle having a micron-scale particle size is included on the surface cross-linked layer.
US10744477B2	Devices and methods for oligonucleic acid library synthesis Devices and methods for de novo synthesis of large and highly accurate libraries of oligonucleic acids are provided herein. Devices include structures having a main channel and microchannels, where the microchannels have a high surface area to volume ratio. Devices disclosed herein provide for de novo synthesis of oligonucleic acids having a low error rate.
US10744469B2	Multi-chambered receptacles A receptacle having a plurality of interconnected chambers arranged to permit multiple process steps or processes to be performed independently or simultaneously. The receptacles are manufactured to separate liquid from dried reagents and to maintain the stability of the dried reagents. An immiscible liquid, such as an oil, is included to control loading of process materials, facilitate mixing and reconstitution of dried reagents, limit evaporation, control heating of reaction materials, concentrate solid support materials to prevent clogging of fluid connections, provide minimum volumes for fluid transfers, and to prevent process materials from sticking to chamber surfaces. The receptacles can be adapted for use in systems having a processing instrument that includes an actuator system for selectively moving fluid substances between chambers and a detector. The actuator system can be arranged to concentrate an analyte present in a sample. The detector can be used to detect an optical signal emitted by the contents of the receptacle.
US10744467B2	Hollow fiber membrane, and method for producing hollow fiber membrane One aspect of the present invention concerns a porous hollow fiber membrane containing a vinylidene fluoride-based resin. The hollow fiber membrane has a gradient structure in which a pore diameter of pores in the hollow fiber membrane gradually becomes smaller at least toward one of inner and outer peripheral surface sides and is hydrophilized by containing a crosslinked body of a polyvinylpyrrolidone-based resin.
US10744463B2	Instruments, modules, and methods for improved detection of edited sequences in live cells The present disclosure provides instruments, modules and methods for improved detection of edited cells following nucleic acid-guided nuclease genome editing. The disclosure provides improved automated instruments that perform methods—including high throughput methods—for screening cells that have been subjected to editing and identifying cells that have been properly edited.
US10744436B2	Particulate separator for the removal of large particulate matter from ventilation system air streams The present invention relates to a particle separator configured to be operatively connected between an enclosure hood and a ventilation system. In practice, an air stream containing particulate matter from an industrial process is directed through an enclosure hood, through the particle separator and into the ventilation system. Relatively large particles are removed from the air stream in the particle separator before the air stream reaches the ventilation system. This reduces the abrasion and general damage that can occur from relatively large particles moving through the duct structure of a ventilation system.
US10744435B2	Spunbond polycarbonate resin filter media The invention concerns spunbond nonwoven fabrics comprising a plurality of bicomponent filaments, the bicomponent filaments having a segmented pie cross-sectional configuration including a polycarbonate component and a polypropylene component, wherein a ratio of the polypropylene component to the polycarbonate component is between about 5:95 and about 95:5.
US10744433B2	Clean-side water-separating filter element having bayonet connection, and fuel filter having a filter element of this type A filter element for a fuel filter has first and second end plates and a particle filter medium arranged between the first and second end plates. A bayonet protrusion on the first end plate is designed to engage a bayonet receptacle of the filter housing by rotation of the filter element about a filter element longitudinal axis. An internal sealing element on the second end plate is designed to separate a raw side from a water collecting chamber of the fuel filter. The filter housing has a filter housing body and a cover screwed onto the filter housing body. The filter housing has a bayonet receptacle arranged on its inner side. By rotating the filter element about a filter element longitudinal axis of the filter element, the bayonet protrusion engages the bayonet receptacle of the filter housing when the cover is unscrewed from the filter housing body.
US10744422B2	Separation device Provided is a separation device, including: a gas-liquid contact flow passage having a distillate discharge port formed on one end side and a bottom product discharge port formed on another end side; a raw material liquid introduction port formed between the distillate discharge port and the bottom product discharge port in the gas-liquid contact flow passage; a stripping section, which is provided between the raw material liquid introduction port and the bottom product discharge port and is configured to heat a liquid in the gas-liquid contact flow passage; a rectification section, which is provided between the raw material liquid introduction port and the distillate discharge port and is configured to cool a gas in the gas-liquid contact flow passage; and a porous body arranged in the gas-liquid contact flow passage.
US10744420B2	Decorative toy for fusible toy bead, and fusible toy bead set A decorative toy for fusible toy bead includes a bead engagement portion. The bead engagement portion includes a protrusion, a groove or a hole having a width dimension which is set in accordance with a maximum dimension of fusible toy beads, and is configured to be engageable with an aggregation of the fusible toy beads.
US10744419B2	Modular panel interlocking and reinforcing mechanism for building enclosures The modular panel 20 interlocking and reinforcing mechanism for building enclosures pertains to assembling boxes 21 with six of the same or similar modular panels 20 without extra components or connectors. My mechanism joins modular panels 20 by interlocking both grooves 22 attached by living hinges 24 on the panel edges, thus creating the box 21. The embodiment of my mechanism joins modular panels 20 by interlocking both grooves 22 attached by living hinges 24 on the panel edges, thus creating the box 21. The living hinges 24 allow all the grooves 22 to turn forty five degrees at the corners. Upon interlocking both grooves 22 to each other at a forty five degree angle, it completes the ninety degree dihedral angle transition from one panel 20 to another for corners. Another embodiment of my mechanism is to assemble a box 21 in expanded sizes by using the same or similar modular panels 20 without extra accessories. Modular panels are connected side by side to expand the flat surface or transitioning to a ninety degree angle at the box corners. An additional embodiment of my mechanism includes similar sized reinforcing rods 30 embedded in the interlocked grooves 26, which allows them tightly interlock together and strengthen the box 21. One type of the interlocking groove 22 mentioned above is round with a narrower outer opening than the inner width.
US10744416B2	Multi-process communication regarding gaming information Various embodiments that may generally relate to mobile gaming, location determination, mobile devices, authentication, and so on are described. Various methods are described. Various apparatus are described. Further embodiments are described.
US10744415B2	Method and device for fantasy sports player recommendations A method and device generates a fantasy sports recommendation. The method includes receiving a plurality of ranking values associated with a sport player, each of the ranking values being generated from a respective source. The method includes assigning a weight value to each of the ranking values, the weight value being associated with the respective source. The method includes generating a recommendation value for the sport player as a function of the ranking values and the corresponding weight values. The method includes receiving a selection value for the sport player. The method includes determining a further weight value for each of the sources as a function of the selection value, the recommendation value, and the weight value for the corresponding source.
US10744411B2	Simulation system, processing method, and information storage medium A simulation system includes a processor including hardware. The processor performs: a virtual space setting process of setting a virtual space in which a plurality of objects are arranged; a virtual camera control process of controlling a virtual camera corresponding to a point-of-view of a user wearing a head mounted display; and a display process of generating an image as viewed from the virtual camera in the virtual space as a display image on the head mounted display. In the virtual space setting process, the processor arranges at least one information display object controlled to follow a change in the point-of-view of the user in the virtual space. In the display process, when the information display object and an object in the virtual space have entered into a given positional relationship, the processor performs a change process of a display mode of the information display object or the object.
US10744408B2	Information processing system, information processing method, information processing program, computer-readable recording medium storing the same program, data structure, information processing server, and information processing terminal Methods and apparatus operate to: execute one application; store group information, the group information being associated with a plurality of pieces of execution status information each of which represents one of a plurality of execution statuses of the execution, a plurality of pieces of content information each of which represents one of the contents of the plurality of pieces of execution status information, and group identification information identifying groups to which the plurality of pieces of execution status information and the plurality of pieces of content information belong; and generate, based on the group information, menu information which displays the content information included in at least one of the groups. The at least one application is executed using the execution status information associated with at least one piece of the content information included in the menu information.
US10744401B2	Fantasy sports team league In a fantasy sports team league, a player salary cap is established and a draft is conducted by enabling players to select teams or team characteristics from a list of game matchups. Each team or team characteristic is assigned a cost and a point value based on each team's chance of winning. The players are required to keep a total cost of the selected teams below the player salary cap. After the game matchups have been played, the point value for each winning team or team characteristic selected by each of the players is awarded.
US10744400B2	Electronic gaming device Presented herein is an electronic gaming device comprising a first axle with a first center cubelet rotatably coupled to the first axle, a first sensor operatively coupled to the first axle to detect rotation of the first cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the first cubelet, transmit a first signal, a second axle with a second center cubelet rotatably coupled to the second axle, a second sensor operatively coupled to the second axle to detect rotation of the second cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the second cubelet, transmit a second signal, a third axle with a third center cubelet rotatably coupled to the third axle, a third sensor operatively coupled to the third axle to detect rotation of the third cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the third cubelet, transmit a third signal, a plurality of interchangeable cubelets positioned about the first, second, and third axle such that mechanical rotation of a set of the interchangeable cubelets having a common plane causes one of the first, second, and third sensors to transmit one of the first, second, and third signals, storage for storing a position of each of the plurality of interchangeable cubelets, and a processor configured to receive signals from one of the first, second, and third sensors, determine changes in the position of the some of the cubelets, and write the changed positions for the some of the cubelets in the storage.
US10744398B2	Systems and methods for a table game using a special deck of cards and a conventional deck of cards Embodiments provide for online and/or electronic card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand).
US10744388B2	Golf aide with tactile indicator A golf aide is described for providing tactile feedback to a user during a golf swing. The golf aide has a shaft (12) with a golf grip (11), an arm (14) having a linking element (13) coupling the arm (14) to the shaft (12) at a first end of the arm (14), and a tactile indicator (15) arranged at a distal end of the arm (14) opposite the linking element (13). The tactile indicator has a width greater than a width of the arm and the shaft (12), arm (14) and tactile indicator (15) are fixedly arrangeable such that the distance and angle between a portion of the golf grip to be gripped during a golf stroke and the tactile indicator is equivalent to a predetermined target distance and angle between hands and a lateral upper arm portion of an inside arm of a user at an apex of a backswing of a golf stroke.
US10744385B2	Screen baseball system and method of realizing left-handed pitcher and right-handed pitcher using the same Disclosed are a screen baseball system, in which a pitching machine installed behind a screen pitches a ball toward a batting area through a pitching hole formed in the screen and a user hits the ball in the batting area, configured such that the case in which a virtual pitcher in an image projected on the screen is a left-handed pitcher and the case in which the virtual pitcher is a right-handed pitcher are realized when a ball is pitched through a single pitching hole, whereby the user who hits the ball in the batting area is capable of experiencing the pitch from the left-handed pitcher and the pitch from the right-handed pitcher, and a method of realizing a left-handed pitcher and a right-handed pitcher using the same.
US10744377B1	Club head conducive to enhancement of resilience A club head conducive to enhancement of resilience includes a body and a panel. The body has a first front side and a first rear side. The panel is disposed on the first front side of the body. The panel has a second top edge, a second bottom edge, a second front side and a second rear side. The second front side is a ball-hitting surface. The second bottom edge extends toward the second rear side to form a wall portion. The wall portion partially sinks to a depth for defining a bending section facing the upper edge. As soon as the panel hits a ball, the bending section deforms and thereby generates bounce resilience.
US10744369B2	Exercise handles An exercise handle that includes a clamp configured to secure the exercise handle in place. The clamp includes a first portion that includes a first section and a second section. The clamp also includes a spring within the first portion. The spring biases the clamp in a closed position. The clamp further includes a second portion, where the second portion includes a first arm on the first section and a second arm on the second section. The exercise handle also includes a first block attached to the first arm of the second portion and a second block attached to the second arm of the second portion. The exercise further includes a handle. The handle includes a first segment, the first segment placed around at least some of the first portion and a second segment extending perpendicularly from the first segment and rotates relative to the first portion.
US10744367B2	Bed with exercise function A bed with an exercise function includes: an upper exercise arm which is embedded in an insertion groove formed in a front surface or peripheral part of the head part, has a horizontal bar and leg parts extending downward from both ends of the horizontal bar, and is rotatable to protrude forward by a rotary support part provided at a lower end of the leg part; and a rotation stopping part which is coupled to the upper exercise arm and stops rotation of the upper exercise arm in a state in which the upper exercise arm protrudes forward at a predetermined angle.
US10744365B2	Weight training machine capable of adjusting strength A weight training machine generally includes a supportive frame, a first mechanism, and a second mechanism. The first mechanism includes a first weight stack, a first cable system, and a second cable system. The second mechanism includes a second weight stack, a third cable system, and a fourth cable system. In each of the first and second mechanisms, one end of a cable can be easily attached to a moving pulley block to have the moving pulley block converted to a fixed pulley block. As a result, the force applied to a handle for lifting the associated weight stack becomes double as compared to the cable being not attached to the moving pulley block.
US10744363B1	Exercise apparatus An exercise device comprises a base. A power mechanism and a vibration mechanism are each disposed in the base. The power mechanism powers the vibration mechanism. The vibration mechanism provides linear vibrations through the base of the device in a first axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of a user standing on the base. In some embodiments, the device is substantially free of vibration in a plane orthogonal to the first axis and is substantially free of rotational vibration in any direction at a time when the vibration mechanism provides the first plurality of linear vibrations. In some embodiments, the vibration mechanism operates between 10 and 60 Hz. In some embodiments an exercise kit is provided that includes the referenced exercise device, an exercise bar, and one or more elastic bands, each elastic band for removably coupling the base to the exercise bar.
US10744360B2	Energy dissipative floor mat, mat system, and manufacturing process A composite floor mat having an upper layer, a middle layer, and a bottom layer. The upper layer comprises a durable wear surface, the middle layer comprises a plurality of pockets, each filled with an energy dissipative material. The bottom layer is bound to the upper layer and defines a perimeter of the mat and a network of ribs defining the pockets of the middle layer. A mat system comprises a plurality of mat components positioned adjacent one another, including edge mat components, corner mat components, and internal mat components, held together by retaining clips disposed in a channels of the mat components. A process for manufacture of a floor mat assembly, and product produced thereby, are also disclosed.
US10744359B1	Climate change reducing malodorous composition of matter and warning system A climate change reducing malodorous composition of matter that contains a liquid mercaptan mixed with a solvent, trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoroprop-1-ene, and a flame suppression component, trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, and with an inert gas such as nitrogen or carbon dioxide under pressure in a container for introduction into a pressurized breathing or pneumatic tool system, such as in mines, thereby forming a warning system to warn a person of danger when the malodorous composition of matter is released from the container.
US10744357B2	Adjustable bracket and hub for flexible hose support A hub assembly includes a primary support defining a first primary support end and a second primary support end, the primary support defining a primary cut out portion; a secondary support defining a first secondary support end and a second secondary support end, the secondary support defining a secondary cut out portion, the second secondary support end defining a first opening and a second opening; a pin extending through the first primary support end and the first secondary support end, the pin hingedly coupling the first primary support end to the first secondary support end; and a locking mechanism extending through the second secondary support end, the locking mechanism including a first pin member engaging the first opening; a second pin member engaging the second opening; and a spring captured between the first pin member and the second pin member.
US10744354B2	Sealed retractable fall arrest block A retractable fall arrest block comprising a spring side housing member and a drum side housing member. A center support wall, defining a bearing housing, is secured between the housing members. A bearing assembly is mounted in the bearing housing to support a spindle. A spring side housing member is mounted to a spring side of the center support wall and a spring side cover is mounted to the spring side housing member opposite the center support wall to define a spring housing. A drum side housing member is mounted to a drum side of the center support wall, and a drum side cover is mounted to the drum side housing member to define a drum housing. The spindle extends into both housings. A spring is mounted in the spring housing. A drum is positionally fixed to the spindle in the drum housing. A clutch assembly is mounted to the spindle to stop the drum from unwinding.
US10744353B2	Roof anchor and safety system and method of using the same A roof anchor, roof anchor safety system, and method of using the same is provided herein. The roof anchor is generally for or use with a roof frame having an overhang, and has a base plate having a bottom surface configured to engage a field of the roof in a substantially planer direction, a hook portion contiguous with the base plate and having an inner surface, the inner surface of the hook portion adapted to sit proximate to or engage with the overhang of the roof, a wing contagious with the hook portion, the wing being configured to abut a portion of the overhang, wherein the base plate comprises a partially inverted portion having an aperture, the aperture adapted for coupling to a lifeline.
US10744339B2	Wireless neural stimulator with injectable Neural stimulator systems with an external magnetic coil to produce changing magnetic fields is applied outside the body, in conjunction with one or more tiny injectable objects that concentrates the induced electric field to a highly-targeted location. These systems include a driver circuit for the magnetic coil that allows for high voltage and fast pulses in the coil, while requiring low-voltage power supply that may be powered by a wearable or portable external device, along with the coil and driver circuit.
US10744338B2	Brassiere apparatus for propagating therapeutic electromagnetic fields A brassiere is configured to administer electromagnetic therapy to treat a cancerous tumor within a breast. The brassiere includes at least one cup, the cup within its walls at least two magnetic coils (also referred to herein as solenoid coils). Each solenoid coil is energized, when in therapeutic operation, with a distinct time-domain signal. The time domain signal consists of a series of summed sinusoidal waves from a power supply. The coils are oriented within the wall of the cup such that for any two coils a first magnetic coil and a second magnetic coil are oriented relative to each other so as to be nonparallel. The purpose of having two distinct coils is to focus resultant magnetic fields such that at a tumor site within a volume of breast tissue the cup encloses to form a local maximum formed by superposition within the cancerous tumor.
US10744332B2	Biostimulator circuit with flying cell A leadless cardiac pacemaker is provided which can include any number of features. In one embodiment, the pacemaker can include a tip electrode, pacing electronics disposed on a p-type substrate in an electronics housing, the pacing electronics being electrically connected to the tip electrode, an energy source disposed in a cell housing, the energy source comprising a negative terminal electrically connected to the cell housing and a positive terminal electrically connected to the pacing electronics, wherein the pacing electronics are configured to drive the tip electrode negative with respect to the cell housing during a stimulation pulse. The pacemaker advantageously allows p-type pacing electronics to drive a tip electrode negative with respect to the can electrode when the can electrode is directly connected to a negative terminal of the cell. Methods of use are also provided.
US10744330B2	User interface for segmented neurostimulation leads An external control device for use with a neurostimulation system having a plurality of electrodes capable of conveying an electrical stimulation field into tissue in which the electrodes are implanted is provided. The external control device comprises a user interface having one or more control elements, a processor configured for generating stimulation parameters designed to modify the electrical stimulation field relative to one or more neurostimulation lead carrying the electrodes. The external control device further comprises output circuitry configured for transmitting the stimulation parameters to the neurostimulation system.
US10744329B2	Atrial tracking confirmation in an intracardiac ventricular pacemaker A pacemaker having a motion sensor delivers atrial-synchronized ventricular pacing by detecting events from a signal produced by the motion sensor and delivering ventricular pacing pulses at a rate that tracks the rate of the detected events. The pacemaker is configured to confirm atrial tracking of the ventricular pacing pulses by determining if detected events from the motion sensor signal are atrial events. The pacemaker is configured to adjust a control parameter used for detecting events from the motion sensor signal if atrial tracking is not confirmed.
US10744324B2	Apparatus for management of a Parkinson's disease patient's gait A gait management apparatus applies stimulation to a user suffering from a neurological disease (such as Parkinson's Disease) gait dysfunction. Motion sensors are arranged to be worn by a patient, and electrical stimulation electrodes are on the legs for stimulation. A controller receives motion sensing signals, and processes these signals to generate stimulation signals for operation of the electrodes to stimulate limb movement upon detection of a gait abnormality. There may be a user actuator for user actuation of electrical stimulation, and the inputs may be a series of taps. The controller may provide signals to prevent occurrence of freezing of gait when it senses that a patient is walking or has an intention to walk. Also, it may apply stimulation at an intensity level which is insufficient for functional muscle stimulation but sufficiently high to trigger activation of efferent nerves.
US10744323B2	Cochlear implant system There is provided a cochlear implant system, comprising a sound processor for generating an auditory nerve stimulation signal from an input audio signal; an implantable stimulation assembly comprising an electrode array for electrical stimulation of the cochlea according to the neural stimulation signal; and an electrode migration monitoring unit including a unit for capturing ECAP signals induced at the electrodes of the electrode array in response to stimulation of the cochlea by applying auditory nerve stimulation signals to the electrodes, an electrode migration detection unit for detecting electrode migration relative to the cochlea by comparing presently captured ECAP signals and/or ECAP data derived from such presently captured ECAP signals to stored previously captured ECAP signals and/or ECAP data derived from such previously captured ECAP signals, and a unit for outputting an alarm signal in case that electrode migration is detected by the electrode migration detection unit.
US10744315B2	Connector for system for closed transfer of fluids A system for closed transfer of fluids includes a syringe adapter including a cannula having a first end and a second end with the second end positioned within the housing, and a seal arrangement positioned within the housing and movable within the housing with the seal arrangement including a membrane. The system including a second component including a membrane and a locking mechanism. The second component configured to be received by the syringe adapter such that the membrane of the seal arrangement engages the membrane of the second component. The locking mechanism including a biasing member and an engagement member positioned on the biasing member, with the engagement member configured to engage a portion of the housing of the syringe adapter to secure the second component to the syringe adapter when the second component is received by the syringe adapter.
US10744314B2	Medical valve with improved back-pressure sealing A medical valve transitions between an open mode that permits fluid flow, and a closed mode that prevents fluid flow. To that end, the medical valve has a housing with an inlet and an outlet, a rigid member movably mounted within the housing, and a resilient member with a sealing portion. The housing also has at least one relief zone that is in fluid communication with the outlet when the valve is in the closed mode. The rigid member may have a proximal end, a distal end, and a flow channel. The relief zone may be radially outward from the sealing portion. The sealing portion may seal the valve and prevent fluid from passing through the valve when in the closed mode.
US10744301B2	Components and methods for balancing a catheter controller system with a counterweight Various embodiments include a catheter positioning device that may include a sled member, a sled base, an active damping system, a sensor, and a control system. The sled member may be configured to accept a handle of a catheter. The sled base may be configured to move the sled member along a length of the sled base for positioning the catheter within a patient. The active damping system may be configured to apply a force to the sled base to resist movement of the sled base in response to a control signal. The sensor may be configured to generate signals in response to a movement of the sled base. The control system may be configured to receive sensor signals from the sensor and transmit control signals to cause the active damping system to apply the force to resist movement of the sled base indicated in the received sensor signals.
US10744299B2	Obturator assembly with selectively controllable fluid flow path An obturator assembly includes an obturator positionable within a lumen of a device and movable within the lumen between a first position and a second position. The obturator includes a distal tip portion, wherein, with the obturator in the first position, the distal tip portion limits fluid communication through the lumen and, with the obturator in the second position, the distal tip portion provides fluid communication through the lumen.
US10744294B2	Apparatus for supplying gases to a patient An apparatus for the supply of humidified gases to a patient is disclosed that comprises a gases supply passage downstream of a humidified gases supply, and upstream of a patient in use, where at least one sensor is embedded in or located on the outside of the wall of the passage. In preferred forms the wall of the passage divides the sensor(s) from a flow of gases in the passage. In use, a controller receives an output of the sensor(s) and derives from the output of the sensor(s) an estimation of a property of gases flowing through the passage or provides a control output to the humidified gases supply according to the output of the sensor(s).
US10744292B2	Apparatus and method for filtering liquid particles from inspiratory gas flow of a patient breathing circuit affiliated with a ventilator and/or nitric oxide delivery system The present disclosure relates to a filter apparatus for filtering liquid from a gas, the apparatus having a first housing having a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a first filter media disposed in the first housing; a second filter media disposed in the housing; and a second housing forming a first collection basin disposed in the flow path between the first filter media and the second filter media, so that a path is defined for the gas flowing from the inlet, through the first filter media, past the collection basin, through the second filter media, and to the outlet. The present disclosure also relates to a method of passing a gas through a coalescing filter media and through a hydrophobic filter media.
US10744289B2	Frame and vent assembly for mask assembly A nasal or full-face mask frame includes a main body and a vent assembly provided to the main body. The vent assembly includes a plurality of holes arranged in at least one column. The holes are positioned on a relatively flat and/or non-recessed portion of the main body.
US10744285B2	Systems and methods for detection of ventilator and patient disconnections using patient lung compliance estimated on both inhalation and exhalation phases of a breath The system, method and computer-readable storage medium are for detection of ventilator and patient disconnections using patient lung compliance estimated on both inhalation and exhalation phases of a breath. A ventilator breathing system (10) provides breathing gas to a patient, and includes a gas supply (12), a patient tubing circuit (14) coupled to the gas supply, and a gas monitoring system (16, 18) associated with the patient tubing circuit and configured to monitor at least flow and pressure. A control unit (20) is coupled to the monitoring system and configured to determine a patient disconnection from the system by estimating a patient lung compliance ratio based upon determined volumes of gas delivered during the inhalation phase of the breath cycle and exiting during the exhalation phase of the breath cycle, and monitored pressures in the patient tubing circuit during the inhalation and exhalation phases of the breath cycle.
US10744279B2	Ultrasonic nebulizer An ultrasonic nebulizer includes: a working tank in which an ultrasonic vibrator is incorporated and in which a working liquid is stored facing the ultrasonic vibrator; a medicine tank that stores a medicinal liquid, at least a bottom portion thereof being dipped in the working liquid; and a main body that includes an oscillation circuit that is to drive the ultrasonic vibrator. The medicine tank is configured to be detachable with respect to the working tank. The working tank is configured to be detachable with respect to the main body.
US10744274B2	Rectal injection device and method of operation thereof A rectal injection device and a method of operating a rectal injection device. In one embodiment, the device includes: (1) a handle having a trigger associated therewith, (2) an extension tube extending from the handle and terminating in a head, (3) at least two needles coupled to the head and configured to move relative thereto between a retracted position and a deployed position and (4) a pullrod coupling the trigger and the needles and configured to cause the needles to move.
US10744273B2	Pen needle removal device for a drug delivery device A removal device (121, 221) for removing and disposing of a pen needle (113, 213) connectable to a drug delivery device (111, 211) includes a body (123, 223) having a cavity (141, 241) for receiving the pen needle of the drug delivery device such that a patient end (116, 216) of a needle (115, 215) of the pen needle is covered by the body. An ejector (151, 251) is movably connected to the body (123, 223) for engaging the received pen needle (113, 213) and selectively ejecting the engaged pen needle from the body. The pen needle (113, 213) is securely retained within the removal device (121, 221) without exposing the needle (115, 215) of the pen needle until the pen needle (113, 213) can be properly disposed of, such as in a sharps container, thereby substantially preventing an accidental needle stick.
US10744268B2	Syringe plunger system with self-locking threaded geometry A plunger rod system for syringes is provided. The system comprises at least one plunger and an associated rod for imparting force to the plunger. The rod comprises an end with a threaded member, and the threaded member comprises threads of a certain geometry that enable ease of installation of the rod within the plunger while also providing resistance to pull-out forces such as may be imparted when pulling or extracting the rod or plunger from a barrel.
US10744267B2	Bearing for a piston rod body for a drug delivery device, a piston rod arrangement and a piston rod body The present disclosure concerns a bearing for a piston rod body for a drug delivery device. The bearing has an axis and comprises a first and a second surface which are spaced apart in the direction of the axis and a third surface, wherein the third surface connects the first and the second surface, wherein an opening is provided in each of the first and the third surface, and wherein the opening in the first surface is connected to the opening in the third surface. Further, the present disclosure concerns a piston rod body and a piston rod arrangement comprising said bearing and the piston rod body.
US10744264B2	Auto-injector having a median window with one triangular end An autoinjector having a body (1) adapted to receive a reservoir containing fluid and including a piston (P) and a needle. The body (1) has a distal portion, a middle portion, and a proximal portion, the middle portion including at least one middle window (12) making it possible, before use, to see 100% of the fluid contained in the reservoir and, after injection, to see the piston (P). The middle window (12) has an external shape of an arrow that points towards the proximal portion. The proximal portion (121) of the middle window (12) includes a triangular end portion, forming the point of the arrow, the base of the triangular end portion, remote from the point, forms the widest portion of the middle window (12).
US10744261B2	System and method of a biosensor for detection of vasodilation An optical circuit detects PPG signals reflected from skin tissue at one or more different wavelengths. A processing circuit integrated in the biosensor or in communication with the biosensor processes the PPG signals to obtain a level of vasodilation or a period of vasodilation. The processing circuit may determine a circulation level using a phase offset between the PPG signals and/or a correlation value between the PPG signals.
US10744258B1	Devices and methods for on-line whole blood treatment A whole blood treatment device includes a first conduit, a second conduit, and a rotating or reciprocating element having a channel. The first and second conduits are fluidly coupled to the rotating or reciprocating element such that the channel is fluidly continuous with the first conduit when the channel is fluidly discontinuous with the second conduit, and such that the channel is fluidly discontinuous with the first conduit when the channel is fluidly continuous with the second conduit. The first conduit is configured to receive whole blood, and the second conduit is configured to receive a regeneration fluid. The channel comprises a surface that is modified with an affinity agent at a concentration effective to allow removal of a target compound from whole blood.
US10744257B2	Occlusion detection system and method A method, computer program product, and infusion pump assembly for determining a first rate-of-change force reading that corresponds to the delivery of a first dose of an infusible fluid via an infusion pump assembly. At least a second rate-of-change force reading is determined that corresponds to the delivery of at least a second dose of the infusible fluid via the infusion pump assembly. An average rate-of-change force reading is determined based, at least in part upon the first rate-of-change force reading and the at least a second rate-of-change force reading.
US10744243B2	Breast pump and cap for same A breast pump for pumping human breast milk has a flexible pumping membrane and a stiff cap, which can be fitted onto said pumping membrane, this resulting in the formation of a pumping chamber for generating a negative pressure. The cap can be, or is, connected to a breast-shield unit via a suction line. The pumping membrane has an encircling collar with a step and a laterally projecting protrusion. The cap has, on its inner side, an encircling abutment region and also at least one form-fitting element, which is spaced apart from the encircling abutment region and establishes a form fit with the protrusion of the pumping membrane. The cap is positioned with a snap fit on the pumping membrane. In the abutment region (53), it establishes a joint frictional fit with a step of the pumping membrane and thus forms a seal. The snap-fit positioning of the cap on the pumping membrane is sufficient for the cap to be retained with sealing action on the pumping membrane.
US10744233B2	Crystallization inhibitor compositions for implantable urological devices Inventive concepts relate generally to the field of implantable urological devices, and more particularly to compositions that inhibit crystallization of urine components. Described are implantable urological devices including a surface and a crystallization inhibitor composition, the crystallization inhibitor composition including: (a) an inhibitor of urine component crystallization in combination with a biodegradable polymer, or a polyalkene homopolymer or copolymer, or (b) a biodegradable polymer that includes an inhibitor of urine component crystallization, wherein the crystallization inhibitor composition provides controlled release of the inhibitor of urine component crystallization from the surface of the device into a subject. Methods of making the implantable urological devices are also described.
US10744231B1	Catheter comprising PTFE liner The present disclosure provides catheters comprising polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) tubes with advantageous combinations of strength, flexibility, and size. Such tubes can exhibit features including an average wall thickness of 0.001″ or less, a tensile stress at break of greater than 5000 psi, and a storage modulus of less than 100,000 psi at 37° C. These tubes can be also be provided independently (i.e., not within a catheter) and can be employed in various applications.
US10744230B2	Biomimetic hybrid gel compositions and methods of use Disclosed herein are dry blends of polyanionic and polycationic macromolecules, solvating fluids serving as cell suspension fluids, hybrid gel compositions, and methods for treatment of patients with endocrine disorders by transplantation with such compositions. Hybrid gel compositions that promote a microenvironment suitable for cell viability and growth while maintaining a sufficient structural integrity for three-dimensional cell culture are also disclosed.
US10744228B2	Methacrylated devitalized cartilage and devitalized cartilage particles An implantable composition can include methacrylated solubilized devitalized cartilage (MeSDVC) with or without devitalized cartilage (DVC) particles. These compositions can be hydrogel precursors. After implantation, the MeSDVC may be crosslinked so as to form a hydrogel. The crosslinked hydrogel can include the DVC particles. A hydrogel precursor matrix (e.g., not crosslinked) can include a crosslinkable substance that can be crosslinked into a hydrogel, where DVC particles are included in the precursor matrix. The hydrogel precursor matrix can be located in a tissue defect site, such as a hole or recess in a cartilage or bone, and then crosslinked into a hydrogel that has the DVC particles therein.
US10744227B2	Co-crosslinked hyaluronic acid-silk fibroin hydrogels for improving tissue graft viability and for soft tissue augmentation Hydrogels comprising a macromolecular matrix and water may be used to augment soft tissue of a human being, promote or support cell or tissue viability or proliferation, create space in tissue, and for other purposes. A macromolecular matrix may comprise a hyaluronic acid component crosslinked to a silk fibroin component.
US10744223B2	Scented material compositions and articles for use with food and beverage Disclosed are scented material compositions, articles and methods of their manufacture. In some aspects, a scented attachment for a beverage container includes a scented article including a body loaded with a volatile chemical compound to emanate from the body of the scented article to generate a scent, in which the scented article includes at least one interior protruding structure that projects from an interior wall of the body of the scented article and is configured to attach to a bottle and be enclosed by a cap and the bottle when the cap is securely fastened to the bottle, such that the scent from the scented attachment is trapped when the cap is securely attached to the bottle and releases into an outer environment when the cap is detached from the bottle, in which the scented article comprises a scented material formed of a fragrance oil and a plastic base material.
US10744211B2	Trifunctional and completely clearable specific targeting agents and methods thereof The invention provides a novel trifunctional targeting construct and related compositions and methods that are useful in therapeutic, diagnostic (including imaging) of various biological and/or pathological conditions and diseases such as cancers and diabetes. The trifunctional targeting construct of the invention provides enhanced clearing step and reduced non-specific background via complete clearance of undesired antibody conjugates.
US10744210B2	Gene therapy for spinal cord disorders This disclosure provides methods and compositions for treating disorders or injuries that affect motor function and control in a subject. In one aspect, the invention provides a method to deliver a transgene to a subject's spinal cord by administering a recombinant neurotropic viral vector containing the transgene. The viral vector delivers the transgene to a region of the deep cerebellar nuclei region of the brain. Also provided are compositions and methods to deliver a transgene to a subject's spinal cord by administering a recombinant neurotropic viral vector containing the transgene to the motor cortex region of the subject's brain.
US10744209B2	Biodegradable polymeric nanoparticle conjugates and use thereof The present invention relates to a polymeric nanoparticle conjugate of formula (I). The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions including these polymeric nanoparticle conjugates, and methods of preparation and use thereof.
US10744202B2	Sustained release eye drop formulations This invention provides for biocompatible, biodegradable eye drop pharmaceutical formulations useful for the treatment of ocular indications. In particular, tocopherols and their esters of low water solubility, notably α-tocopheryl acetate, are exceptional vehicles for biocompatible, nonirritating topical eye drop formulations that provide sustained release of active agents.
US10744196B2	HPV vaccines The present invention relates to novel vaccines against Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, based on recombinant capsid-display adenovirus vectors. Described are capsid modified replication deficient adenovirus particles encoding and displaying multiple HPV L2 antigenic fragments, via a minor capsid protein IX, and their use for eliciting an immune response in order to provide protection against infections from multiple HPV types.
US10744192B2	Vaccine The invention is based upon the identification of a number of antigens derived from a species of the genus Streptococcus, which are cross reactive and which may serve as the basis of useful compositions and tests and procedures capable of identifying and/or detecting Streptococcus sp in samples.
US10744188B2	High osteocalcin microcrystalline hydroxyapatite for calcium supplement An improved manufacturing process produces microcrystalline hydroxyapatite with sustained gradual calcium release that avoids spiking in blood calcium levels. Although the improved material did not cause significant elevation of blood calcium, it was just as effective in promoting bone mineralization as conventional calcium supplements. In addition, the material has much higher levels of bone growth factors as compared to prior hydroxyapatite products.
US10744183B2	Methods of using ZSCAN4 for rejuvenating human cells The present disclosure relates to methods for increasing telomere length in one or more human adult cells and/or increasing genome stability of one or more human adult cells, for example by contacting one or more human adult cells with an agent that increases expression of Zscan4 in the one or more human adult cells. Methods of treating a subject in need of telomere lengthening, treating a disease or condition associated with a telomere abnormality, of rejuvenating one or more human adult cells, of rejuvenating tissues or organs, and of rejuvenating a subject in need thereof, for example by contacting one or more human adult cells in the subject with an agent that increases expression of Zscan4, or by administering to a subject in need thereof, an agent that increases expression of Zscan4 is also provided.
US10744174B1	Composition(s) and method(s) for topically treating pain Pharmaceutically effective compositions and methods for topically treating pain due to swelling or inflammation of fascia, tendons, or ligaments in a patient in need of treatment, thereof. The pharmaceutically effective composition consists essentially of: 68.6-29.4 parts by weight of a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient; 40.0-50.0 parts by weight DMSO; 1.0-5.0 parts by weight of an anesthetic, wherein the anesthetic is advantageously characterized as containing only lidocaine; and 1.2-3.2 parts by weight of an anti-inflammatory in 100 parts by weight of the pharmaceutically effective composition. In one embodiment, the anesthetic is advantageously 4.0 parts by weight Lidocaine. In one embodiment, the pharmaceutically acceptable excipient is 48.0 parts by weight, DMSO is 45 parts by weight, anesthetic is advantageously 4.0 parts by weight Lidocaine, Echinaceas is 1.0 part by weight and Arnica is 1.0 part by weight, and the condition causing pain of the foot is Plantar Fasciitis.
US10744173B2	Traditional Chinese medicine compositions for alleviating stress The present invention relates to the technical field of health-care product, and in particular relates to a traditional Chinese medicine composition having a function of regulating emotions, a process for preparing the same, and a product thereof. It was found that the composition of the present invention had effects of nourishing liver and kidney, regulating Yin and Yang, tonifying Qi and nourishing blood, regulating emotions, and protecting the function of autonomic nerve, and could improve pressure-induced anxiety and depression, inattention, poor spirit, dispirited, learning and memory capacity decline, etc. The invention has the advantages of specificity and remarkable effect, and it uses all natural medicinal and edible plants as raw materials, the combination of which is simple, safe and stable, and is suitable for long-term use.
US10744172B2	Tropism modified cancer terminator virus (Ad.5/3 CTV;Ad.5/3-CTV-M7) A tropism modified cancer terminator virus (Ad.5/3-CTV; Ad.5/3-CTV-M7) has been found to have infectivity that is Coxsackie Adenoviral Receptor (CAR) independent. The Ad.5/3-CTV (Ad.5/3-CTV-M7) may be used alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents such as agents that augment reactive oxygen (ROS) production, HDAC inhibitors, MCL-1 inhibitors and Bcl-2 inhibitors to treat a variety of cancers particularly including malignant glioma (GBM), renal cancer, prostate cancer, and colorectal cancer.
US10744165B2	Pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating cell proliferative disease comprising mixture of feather of birds and scale of fish as an active ingredient The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating cell proliferative diseases comprising a feather of birds and a scale of fish, a scale transformed from the dermis, a degenerated or cornified variant of a scale, or a scale or horny scale of reptiles as an active ingredient. More particularly, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating cell proliferative diseases comprising a mixture of 70˜85 weight % of a feather of birds and 15˜30 weight % of a scale of fish, a scale transformed from the dermis, a degenerated or cornified variant of a scale, or a scale or horny scale of reptiles as an active ingredient. The inventive composition has the effect of inhibiting and preventing growth of cancer cells. Accordingly, the inventive composition may be used for anticancer purposes to prevent, ameliorate or treat cancer.
US10744157B2	Anti-MICA antigen binding fragments, fusion molecules, cells which express and methods of using Antigen binding fragments, chimeric antigen receptors, and bi-specific T-cell engagers having specificity for MICA and methods for using the same in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders associated with MICA and/or MICB expression are provided.
US10744155B2	Inhibitors of ADAMTS4 or ADAMTS5 for use in preventing or treating cardiac remodeling and chronic heart failure The present invention provides an inhibitor of an ADAMTS proteoglycanase for use in treating or preventing cardiac remodeling or for use in treating or preventing heart failure in a subject. In particular, the present invention provides an inhibitor of ADAMTS4 or ADAMTS5 for use in treating or preventing cardiac remodeling or chronic heart failure in a subject with cardiac remodeling or with chronic heart failure, or with a condition that may lead to cardiac remodeling and/or chronic heart failure. Also provided is a method of treating or preventing cardiac remodeling or treating or preventing heart failure which method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of an ADAMTS proteoglycanase. Also provided is the use of an inhibitor of an ADAMTS proteoglycanase in the manufacture of a medicament for treating or preventing cardiac remodeling or treating or preventing heart failure.
US10744150B2	Cyclic dinucleotides as anticancer agents The present invention is directed to compounds of the formulae I, II and III as shown below wherein all substituents are defined herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising compounds of the invention and methods of using said compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
US10744130B2	Methods for treating pancreatic cancer using combination therapies comprising liposomal irinotecan Provided are methods for treating pancreatic cancer in a patient by administering liposomal irinotecan (MM-398) alone or in combination with additional therapeutic agents. In one embodiment, the liposomal irinotecan (MM-398) is co-administered with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin.
US10744123B2	Methods and dosing regimens using ibudilast and a second agent for cancer therapy Methods and dosing regimens for treating glioblastoma or recurrent glioblastoma and its associated symptoms by administration of ibudilast (3-isobutyryl-2-isopropylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and at least one or more other therapeutic agent.
US10744122B2	Transdermal therapeutic system containing valentonin and use thereof as a medicament The invention relates to an adhesive transdermal therapeutic system containing, as an active principle, an association of valentonin (VLT) and 6-methoxyharmalan (6-MH).
US10744114B2	Use of eupatilin as pharmaceutical composition for prevention and treatment of fibrosis using EMT inhibitory activity A pharmaceutical composition contains the chromone derivative of Chemical Formula 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt as an active ingredient, thus effectively inhibiting the activation of EMT to thereby enable the effective suppression of a disease caused by fibrosis of an organ or tissue in vivo due to the activation of EMT.
US10744113B2	Use of chromone derivative as pharmaceutical composition for prevention and treatment of fibrosis using EMT inhibitory activity A pharmaceutical composition contains the chromone derivative of Chemical Formula 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt as an active ingredient, thus effectively inhibiting the activation of EMT to thereby enable the effective suppression of a disease caused by fibrosis of an organ or tissue in vivo due to the activation of EMT.
US10744111B2	Derivatives of korormicin useful as antibiotics An antibiotic compound of formula (III): or a salt or stereoisomer thereof; wherein R1-R3 and R5-R10 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl group, substituted alkyl group, halogen, OH, NH2 and SH; R4 is H, alkyl group or substituted alkyl group; X1-X2 are independently selected from the group consisting of ═O, ═S, NH, H, alkyl, halogen, OH, SH and NH2; W is a saturated acyclic hydrocarbon chain of 1 to 15 carbon atoms; and Z is a neutral or positively charged organic group. The compounds are useful in treating bacterial diseases.
US10744110B2	Methods of treating lung cancer The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by administering a) a composition comprising nanoparticles that comprise paclitaxel and an albumin and b) a platinum-based agent (e.g., carboplatin), wherein the individual has diabetes, has four or more metastatic sites, and/or is at least about 70 years old.
US10744109B2	Sustained release suspension containing dezocine analogue ester and preparation method therefor Disclosed are a sustained release suspension containing dezocine analogue ester and a preparation method therefor. According to the present invention, an injectable oily auxiliary material which may pharmaceutically serve as a sustained-release depot and an excipient are selected, and micronization technology is used jointly with high pressure homogenization technology and an anti-solvent technique to prepare an injectable long-acting suspension. The main components of the suspension are a compound represented by formula (I), the injectable oil, and the like.
US10744103B2	Methods and compositions for treating conditions associated with an abnormal inflammatory responses This disclosure features chemical entities (e.g., a compound exhibiting activity as a mitochondrial uncoupling agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate and/or cocrystal thereof, e.g., a compound, such as niclosamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate and/or cocrystal thereof, e.g., a compound, such as a niclosamide analog, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate and/or cocrystal thereof) that are useful, e.g., for treating one or more symptoms of a pathology characterized by an abnormal inflammatory response (e.g., inflammatory bowel diseases) in a subject (e.g., a human). This disclosure also features compositions as well as other methods of using and making the same.
US10744084B2	Non-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity response to treat herpes simplex virus infection A method is presented for treating herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection comprising: (a) locally administering a substance that induces a delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to a patient at a site of an HSV lesion to induce a DTH response at the site of the lesion during one or more outbreaks of the HSV infection.
US10744080B2	Method for the application of a pigment dyeing composition based on specific acrylic polymer and on silicone copolymer, and appropriate device A subject-matter of the present invention is a method for dyeing human keratinous fibres, which consists in applying a dyeing composition using a container comprising a removable applicator comprising a permeable material through which the composition can pass, the composition being applied by bringing the applicator into contact with the dry or wet fibres, the said composition comprising at least one aqueous dispersion of particles of hybrid hydrophobic film-forming acrylic polymer, at least one linear block silicone copolymer and at least one pigment. The method according to the invention makes it possible to obtain a coloured coating which is persistent towards shampooing operations or washing operations and which leaves the treated fibres individualized, with an improved cosmetic feel; the treated fibres being the hair (roots, sidelocks); non-head hair (beard, moustache); eyelashes or eyebrows.
US10744076B2	Oral care compositions and methods of use Disclosed herein are non-aqueous dentifrice compositions comprising (i) a whitening complex comprising crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone complexed with hydrogen peroxide; (ii) an off-gas reducing agent selected from sodium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, citric acid and clay; and (iii) an orally acceptable carrier. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided.
US10744074B2	Lip compositions Lip compositions, in particular lip oil compositions, capable of forming a multilayer structure after application to lips including at least two immiscible components prior to application, wherein the at least two immiscible components are Component A which includes 0.01% to 30% by weight with respect to the total weight of the composition of at least one film forming agent and Component B which comprises 0.001% to 90% by weight with respect to the total weight of the composition of one or more silicone compounds in amounts sufficient to achieve a viscosity of 1000 cSt to less than 100,000 cSt are provided, as well as methods of applying such compositions to lips.
US10744062B2	Compressible and resilient sexual aid device A compressible and resilient sexual aid device has a module. The module has a rim, a neck, a base, and an aperture. The neck has a first end and a second end. The rim is connected to the first end. The base is connected to the second end. The aperture extends from the rim through the neck and through the base. The rim has a first diameter. The neck has a second diameter. The base has a third diameter. The first diameter is greater than the second diameter. The third diameter is greater than the first diameter and the second diameter. The module is compressible and resilient. Additional modules may be added to the device according to a user's preference.
US10744057B2	Systems and methods for testing a medical device An ambulatory medical device comprises: a sensing component to be disposed on a patient for detecting a physiological signal of the patient; and monitoring and self-test circuitry configured for defecting a triggering event and initiating one or more self-tests based on detection of the triggering event. The ambulatory medical device senses the physiological signal of the patient substantially continuously over an extended period of time.
US10744053B2	Haptic systems and methods for a user interface of a patient support apparatus A patient support apparatus comprises a patient support surface for patients. The patient support apparatus comprises a user input device, a controller, and an ultrasonic generator system. The controller is configured to control the ultrasonic generator system to provide haptic sensations to the user. The haptic sensations, in some cases, provides tactile stimuli to a user associated with a virtual button.
US10744051B2	Mobility device Novel mobility devices are disclosed wherein one embodiment comprises a support frame and one or more boosters coupled to the frame. The booster preferably comprises a housing, a top support extending upward from the housing, and an opposing bottom support extending downward from the housing. The bottom support is preferably biased toward the housing. The housing may contain a sleeve having a top channel in communication with an opposing bottom channel. The top channel is configured to receive the top support, whereas the bottom channel is configured to receive the bottom support, a retaining ring, and a spring. The spring is disposed between a floor of the bottom channel and the retaining ring. The sleeve may also have a socket configured to receive a roller, wherein the roller has a bottom hole configured to receive the top support. The device permits the user to stand from a seated position or vice versa without the assistance of a third party, grab hold of handlebars extending from the frame, and then move about with independence. The device may also be folded for ease of storage.
US10744044B2	Wearable article having elastic belt Disclosed is a wearable article comprising a main body and a ring-like elastic belt comprising a front belt and a back belt, where the entirety of the length of the belt side edge of the front belt may be seamed with a certain length of the belt side edge of the back belt to define a seam length LS. The front and back belts may be each divided into 4 zones, where the tensile stress of the front proximal tummy zone may be higher than the tensile stress of any of the front waist zone, the front distal tummy zone, or the front leg zone, and the tensile stress of the back distal tummy zone may be higher than any of the tensile stress of the back waist zone, the back proximal tummy zone, or the back leg zone.
US10744040B2	Reduced-pressure dressing assemblies for use in applying a closing force A closing dressing bolster and assembly for use with a system for treating a linear wound on a patient includes a bolster body formed from a flexible closing bolster material having closing members that are operable to develop an inward closing force when the closing dressing bolster is placed under reduced pressure. In one aspect, when the closing dressing bolster is under reduced pressure, the system, dressing, or assembly develops an inward force realized at the linear wound and a compression force. A wicking-material holder and wicking material may be used as well. The member components may all be see-through to allow visual inspection of the wound without requiring removal of the dressing.
US10744038B2	Use of hearing protection to discriminate between different and identify individual noise sources to control and reduce risk of noise induced hearing loss Embodiments relate generally to devices, systems, and methods for monitoring sounds. A method may comprise monitoring environmental sounds with a hearing protection device; transmitting acoustic signatures from the hearing protection device to a portable electronic device; transmitting the acoustic signatures from the portable electronic device to a server; correlating the acoustic signatures with information in a database; transmitting a message from the server to the portable electronic device indicating the correlation; creating a suggestion with the portable electronic device based on the correlation; and transmitting the suggestion from the portable electronic device to the hearing protection device based on the correlation.
US10744037B2	Ophthalmological laser system and operating method A polarization beam splitter selectively decouples detection light onto a detector such that it has a polarization direction that differs from the emitted illumination light. This enables the detection of the light scattered back in the eye lens at a high level of accuracy, since stray light from reflections at optical components of the light path is suppressed. In the generating of photo disruptions or other incisions, the ray exposure of the retina may be reduced in that the incisions being furthest away from the laser are induced first such that laminar gas inclusions with an existence duration time of at least 5 seconds result. In this manner the laser radiation propagated in the direction of the retina in further incisions are scattered and partially reflected such that the influence impinging upon the retina is reduced.
US10744034B2	Method for laser treatment for glaucoma Because vision loss in most forms of glaucoma is related to elevated IOP, most glaucoma treatment protocols are concerned with lowering IOP by increasing aqueous humor outflow. The invention utilizes electromagnetic radiation to create retraction in the iris tissue, thereby (a) reducing convexity and enlarging the drainage angle and thus the area of the anterior chamber, (b) reducing contact between the zonule fibers and the iris pigment epithelium, (c) applying greater tension to both the TM and uveoscleral outflow pathways, thereby enlarging those pathways and increasing outflow.
US10744033B2	Minimally invasive glaucoma surgical instrument and method Apparatuses and methods for the treatment of glaucoma are provided. The instrument uses either cauterization, a laser to ablate, sonic or ultrasonic energy to emulsify, or mechanical cutting of a portion of the trabecular meshwork. The instrument may also be provided with irrigation, aspiration, and a footplate. The footplate is used to enter Schlemm's canal, serves as a guide, and also protects Schlemm's canal.
US10744028B2	Condom having improved functionality A condom is configured to include a space such that a front glans part of the condom does not excessively come into contact with the penis of a man by selecting a material having moderate elasticity such as soft synthetic resin or synthetic latex rubber or a foamed rubber material conforming thereto or the like for the front part of the condom made from a soft rubber material; and includes embossed sponge layers or fine soft hairs additionally laminated on the inside and outside of the condom, to provide an excellent moisturizing effect such that an excellent contraceptive effect and a sexual pleasure-increasing effect can be simultaneously obtained when a user wears the condom, thereby providing multiple effects such as contributing to the treatment of patients with chronic dyspareunia or patients with anorgasmia and the like.
US10744022B2	Force transmitting frame and motion assistance apparatus including the same A force transmitting frame including a base, a first longitudinal member connected to the base, a second longitudinal member configured to slide with respect to the base, and a first fastener configured to fasten one end of the first longitudinal member and one end of the second longitudinal member is provided.
US10744016B2	Stent delivery system An stent delivery system may include a delivery device and a tubular body having a lumen sized to slidably fit about an outer diameter of the delivery device and a drainage stent having an anchoring mechanism, wherein the delivery device includes a constraining member configured to engage an external portion of the tubular body at the proximal end of the delivery device. A method of delivering a stent may include inserting a tubular body into the port of an endoscope, inserting a stent delivery device and a stent having an anchoring mechanism into the tubular body, wherein the delivery device includes a constraining member configured to engage and retain the tubular body at the proximal end of the delivery device, advancing the drainage stent distally through the tubular body, sliding the tubular body proximally, and engaging an external portion of the tubular body with the constraining member.
US10744014B2	Stent delivery device A stent delivery device includes a shaft with an internal lumen and a balloon connected to the shaft. The stent delivery device includes a cover configured to advance or retract in the axial direction of the shaft between a covering position where the cover covers the deflated balloon and a retracted position where the cover is spaced apart from the balloon. The stent delivery device includes a drive unit configured to apply a driving force for advancing or retracting the cover. The lumen of the shaft is configured to allow a working fluid to flow through the lumen to inflate the balloon. The balloon and drive unit are operated by the injecting and discharging of the working fluid. The inflation and deflation of the balloon and the advancing and retracting of the cover are performed in conjunction with each other.
US10744011B2	Monolithic medical devices and methods of use A monolithic device comprising an ultra-dense stent cell pattern including a plurality of structural members that diverts the majority of blood flow without restricting blood flow completely. The method of making medical devices comprises vapor depositing an initial film onto a substrate, laser cutting a device pattern through the initial film, electropolishing the patterned device while disposed on the substrate, and releasing the patterned device from the substrate.
US10744008B2	Stent A tip end portion of a strand forming a stent is rounded off. In a stent 10 formed by helicoidally braiding a plurality of strands 20, the tip end portion of each of the strands 20 is rounded off.
US10743997B2	Implantable compensating sleeve for an endoprosthesis An implantable compensating sleeve is for application between a longitudinal implant section of a first implant, and a second implant that encompasses the longitudinal implant section of the first implant. The compensating sleeve has a sheath with a sheath body and a passage, running from the proximal to the distal end of the sheath body, for receiving the longitudinal implant section of the first implant. The sheath body is formed from separate planar and/or rod-shaped compensating elements which are arranged in a ring and aligned in the longitudinal direction of the sheath body. A gap runs from the proximal to the distal end between two adjacent compensating elements. Adjacent compensating elements are interconnected by at least one foldable wire such that they can move relative to one another.
US10743988B2	Cardiac valve repair system and methods of use Systems and methods for mitral valve repair having a docking station and a valve implant. The docking station is an anchoring device having a helix structure. The valve implant is made of an expandable frame and a valve, and is radially expandable to a diameter that is at least the same as an expanded diameter of the anchoring device. The method of delivering the docking station and valve implant is performed by inserting the components through device delivery catheters.
US10743979B2	Apparatus and methods for repairing aneurysms A device (100) for repairing an aneurysm by deployment within the aneurism comprises a graft tube, at least part thereof having an inflatable wall (102, 104) whereby the tube can be deployed in an artery and be inflated to grip at least part of the arterial wall.
US10743976B2	Synthetic prosthesis comprising a knit and a non porous film and method for forming same The present invention relates to a synthetic prosthesis for tissue reinforcement comprising: a porous knit made from a monofilament of a synthetic biocompatible material, said knit defining two opposite faces, a first face and a second face, a synthetic non porous biodegradable film comprising at least a copolymer of at least ε-caprolactone, said film covering at least part of said first face, a synthetic biodegradable binder bonding said film to said first face, said binder comprising at least a polymer of ε-caprolactone, wherein said second face of said porous knit is left open to cell colonization. The invention also relates to a method for forming such a prosthesis.
US10743971B2	Dental implement and method of using the same A dental implement for cleaning interproximal spaces and a method of use. The implement includes a sleeve with first and second ends and a bore defined therebetween. A stack of cartridges is insertable into the bore. Each cartridge includes a cleaning tip such as an interproximal brush. A cap may be engaged with the sleeve to protect the tip and keep it hygienic. The cartridges are progressively advanced along the bore to present their cleaning tip for use. A locking member secures the uppermost cartridge in place. Once used, a cartridge is removed from the sleeve and may be discarded or inserted into an opening to the bore in the sleeve's second end. The tip may be snapped off prior to insertion. The cartridge stack is drawn along the bore as the uppermost cartridge is removed or insertion of the spent cartridge will advance the cartridge stack along the bore.
US10743967B2	Apparatus and method for measuring surface topography optically An apparatus is described for determining surface topography of a three-dimensional structure. The apparatus can include a probe and an illumination unit configured to output a plurality of light beams. In many embodiments, the apparatus includes a light focusing assembly. The light focusing assembly can receive and focus each of a plurality of light beams to a respective external focal point. The light focusing assembly can be configured to overlap the plurality of light beams within a focus changing assembly in order to move the external focal points along a direction of propagation of the light beams. The apparatus can include a detector having an array of sensing elements configured to measure a characteristic of each of a plurality of light beams returning from the illuminated spots and a processor coupled to the detector and configured to generate data representative of topography of the structure based on the measured characteristic.
US10743965B2	Palatal expansion appliance A palatal expansion appliance includes one pair of bone screw joints arranged to face each other, each of the one pair of bone screw joints extending in one direction and having a plurality of bone screw holes formed thereon, and a driving portion arranged between the one pair of bone screw joints, in which, as at least a part of the driving portion is moved in one direction, the one pair of bone screw joints are moved in another direction.
US10743961B2	Device for surgical assistance A device for surgical assistance is disclosed. The device comprising one or more rails, and a plurality of side posts. The rails are configured to attach to a hand table via one or more engagement members. The plurality of the side post comprises an upper part and a lower part. The lower part of the said side post is engaged to the rails via a clamp mechanism. The upper part of the said side post is configured to hold surgical equipment. Further, each of the side post is height adjustable. The device further comprises a rail extension system, which is attached to an end portion of rails lying close to a trunk portion of the patient.
US10743946B2	Medical user interfaces and related methods of use A medical system for use in a lithotripsy procedure may include a processor configured to receive input from a first imaging device, wherein the first imaging device may be configured to send image data representative of an image captured in a lumen of a kidney, bladder, or ureter to the processor. The processor may be configured to display the image on a display device coupled to the processor, and analyze the image to sense the presence of an object within the image. If an object was sensed within the image, the processor may analyze the image to estimate a size of the object, and display the estimate on the display device.
US10743944B2	Method and apparatus for intraoperative measurements of anatomical orientation Electronic devices that detect their position and/or orientation with respect to earth's frame of reference are described. A coupler can removeably maintain the electronic devices in physical proximity of one another. Each electronic device can have a housing and the coupler can be included on the housing and arranged to physically connect the housing of the electronic device to the housing of at least one other electronic device. Alternatively, the coupler can be a packaging that maintains the electronic devices in physical proximity of one another. Each electronic device can be calibrated using the orientation or position information obtained by other electronic devices maintained by the coupler. Further, each electronic device can include a power source that remains inactive until the device is ready for use.
US10743942B2	Cosmetic and therapeutic injection safety systems, methods, and devices A system for providing a real-time indication of a location of the distal tip of a medical device in living tissue. The system may include an injection scanning printer that provides a visual indication of detected features to improve the injecting process. Safety needles configured to detect nerves, arteries, veins, or other physiological features upon needle placement but prior to injecting are also provided.
US10743933B2	Precision electrode movement control for renal nerve ablation A catheter is configured to access a renal artery. A lumen of the catheter's shaft is dimensioned to receive a flexible actuation member which extends between the shaft's proximal and distal ends. The actuation member is moveable within the lumen and subject to elastic deformation, friction, and/or whip along its length. A flexible support member is coupled to a distal end of the actuation member and extendible beyond a distal tip of the shaft. An RF ablation electrode at a distal end of the support member is configured to ablated perivascular renal nerve tissue. A position converter at the distal end of the shaft is configured to convert movement of the actuation member into one or both of controlled rotational and axial movement of the support member and electrode to one of a multiplicity of stable circumferential positions substantially free of elastic deformation, friction, and/or whip impacting actuation member movement.
US10743926B2	Osteo-implant An osteo-implant including two end portions, at least one middle structure, and a plurality of connection portions is provided. The middle structure is disposed between the two end portions and includes a plurality of middle portions. The middle portions are connected to the two end portions through the connection portions. When the two end portions are moved relatively along an axial direction of the osteo-implant, the two end portions drive the middle portions to push with each other and have displacements along a radial direction of the osteo-implant through the connection portions, such that an outer diameter of the osteo-implant is increased by the middle portions.
US10743925B2	Fracture fixation device Assemblies for securing fractured bone are provided. The assembly includes a first fixation element, a second fixation element, and an adjustable flexible member construct. The first fixation element having a male or a female sleeve is secured within a first portion of the fractured bone. The second fixation element having the other of the male or female sleeve telescopically received within the one of the male or female sleeve is secured within a second portion of the fractured bone. The adjustable flexible member construct extends between the first and second fixation elements and has at least one adjustable loop coupled to the first fixation element and the second fixation element and a pair of adjusting ends extending through an opening in the first fixation element. The pair of adjusting ends can be pulled to reduce a diameter of the adjustable loop and to compress fragments of the fractured bone.
US10743920B2	Bone compression plate A bone plate according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, inter alia, a body portion. The body portion includes a first slotted portion extending at least partially through the body portion and a plurality of teeth adjacent the first slotted portion for engaging a driver in the first slotted portion. The body portion also includes a second slotted portion extending at least partially through the body portion and a ramped portion at least partially surrounding the second slotted portion. The ramped portion tapers from an outer surface of the body portion toward an inner surface of the body portion.
US10743907B2	Thrombectomy device A thrombectomy device for removing thrombus from a body lumen comprises an elongated catheter member (2) having a distal part and a proximal part, a thrombus blocking body (5) disposed on the distal part of the catheter member and radially expansible between a contracted orientation and an expanded, thrombus-blocking, orientation, a thrombus capture body (3) disposed on the distal part of the catheter member in an axially spaced-apart relationship to the thrombus blocking body, and radially expansible between a contracted orientation and an expanded, thrombus-capture, orientation, deployment means actuable to deploy and retract the thrombus capture body and thrombus blocking body; and an elongated control arm operably connected to the thrombus capture body. The thrombus capture body is a cage having an inwardly tapering leading end, the elongated control arm is operably connected to the leading end of the cage, and a thrombus extractor or macerator mechanism is disposed within the cage.
US10743904B2	Two-dimensional needle array device and method of use In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a device for obtaining biological tissue. In some embodiments, the device can include a first row of a plurality of hollow tubes; a second row of a plurality of hollow tubes, adjacent the first row of hollow tubes; a third row of a plurality of hollow tubes, adjacent the second row of hollow tubes, the first, second and third rows forming an array of hollow tubes; wherein each hollow tube can include at least one point at the distal end of the hollow tube, the plurality of rows forming a two dimensional array of hollow tubes; wherein an inner diameter of the at least one tube is less than about 1 mm, the distal end of each of the hollow tubes is configured to be inserted into a biological tissue donor site to remove a portion of tissue therefrom when each of the hollow tubes is withdrawn from the donor site.
US10743896B2	Ocular ultrasound probe Devices, systems and methods for ocular ultrasound are provided having therapeutic and/or diagnostic applications. In one aspect, an ocular probe is disclosed that is uniquely configured for use in the eye on the basis of shape and frequency. The ocular probe may be multi-functional, providing sensor, optical or other functionality in additional to ultrasound energy.
US10743893B2	Methods and systems for treatment of acute ischemic stroke Described are methods and systems for transcervical access of the cerebral arterial vasculature and treatment of cerebral occlusions, including ischemic stroke. The methods and devices may include methods and devices which may provide aspiration and passive flow reversal, those which protect the cerebral penumbra during the procedure to minimize injury to brain, as well as distal catheters and devices to remove an occlusion. The methods and devices that provide passive flow reversal may also offer to the user a degree of flow control. Devices and methods which provide a way to securely close the access site in the carotid artery to avoid the potentially devastating consequences of a transcervical hematoma are also described.
US10743889B2	Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty Methods and apparatus for performing knee arthroplasty, including, but not limited to, bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty, ore described herein. Methods and apparatus for preparing a distal femur for a femoral implant as well as methods and apparatus for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are described. These methods and apparatus, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures, while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
US10743885B2	Clip for aneurism Clip for an aneurism suitable for being implanted into tissue in which an aneurism has formed and carrying out a tight closure of the aneurism. The clip includes a pair of claw members (2a, 2 b) non-metallic material, the claw members provided with an articulated joining mechanism (3), which allows rotation of the pair of claw members around a pivot (4) which interlocks them. The clip can adopt at least one opening position (A) and one closure position (B). The clip has at least one spring element (6) at least partially housed in the clip which bends to arrange the clip in closure position which includes at least one flexible (7) and elastic element with a section with arced configuration (8), press-fitted with two opposing ends (9a, 9b) each one exerting pressure on a different claw member both in the opening and in the closure position.
US10743883B2	Embolic devices and methods of manufacturing same A flat embolic braid having a first side comprising a first side surface, and a second side comprising a second side surface facing in an opposite direction than the first side surface, the braid having an elongated constrained configuration for being deployed through a delivery catheter, and a three-dimensional unconstrained configuration, wherein in the three-dimensional unconstrained configuration, the braid assumes a plurality of successive loops in which the braid is at least partially twisted between successive loops of the plurality, so that the first side surface faces externally of each loop, and the second side surface faces an interior of each loop, respectively, regardless of a change in direction and/or orientation of the braid.
US10743863B2	Perfect closure surgical needle This surgical needle may reduce unwanted and unanticipated tissue distortion and/or tearing and undesirable scar tissue during wound healing. The surgical needle will guide tissue separation more properly along planes of tissue stress, minimizing tissue distortion and improving tissue apposition.
US10743861B2	Expandable needle suture apparatus and associated handle assembly with rotational suture manipulation system A surgical suturing device including a needle assembly having a needle housing and a needle with an elongated rod that slides inside of the needle housing and has a notch at its proximal end. The handle assembly includes a longitudinal handle housing sized and configured to releasably receive the needle assembly, a thumb slide assembly movable longitudinally on the handle housing, a needle latch connected to the thumb slide assembly and having a releasable latching relationship with the notch of the needle rod, a locking lever pivotally connected to the handle housing that releasably engages a depression on an exterior of the needle housing, and a locking lever latch makes contact with the locking lever and holds it the locking position.
US10743859B2	Surgical end effectors According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an end effector for use with a surgical device is provided. The end effector includes a drive assembly, a driver, a needle assembly and a biasing element. The driver is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the drive assembly. Rotation of the drive assembly in a first direction causes distal translation of the driver with respect to the drive assembly. The needle assembly is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the driver. Distal translation of the driver causes a corresponding distal translation of the needle assembly. The biasing element is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the needle assembly and is configured to bias the needle assembly proximally.
US10743858B1	Flush anchor snap-off apparatus An anchor for tensile member(s) includes: a housing having a hollow interior; a collet in the hollow interior of the housing, the collet having a peripheral wall defining a central bore and an exterior surface. The collet is configured to be swaged around the tensile member(s). The collet includes longitudinal grooves in an outer surface of the peripheral wall, each defining a web configured to collapse inward in response to external compressive force. A sleeve has a peripheral wall defining interior and exterior surfaces and is disposed in the housing axially adjacent to the collet. At least one of the collet and the sleeve is tapered and the sleeve and the collet are arranged such that sleeve movement from a first position to a second position will cause the sleeve to bear against the collet, swaging the collet radially inwards around and against the tensile member(s).
US10743856B2	Non-sliding soft anchor A method for coupling tissue includes aligning a guide tool on an outer surface of a first tissue; forming a bore in the first tissue aligned with the guide tool; deploying a non-slip suture construct through the guide tool and into the bore; adjusting a saddle along a flexible member to a position adjacent to a soft anchor, wherein the saddle prevents the flexible member from slideably moving relative to the soft anchor; and threading the flexible member through a second tissue to secure the second tissue to the first tissue.
US10743846B2	Sample collection Sample collection apparatus and methods of sample collection are provided, for example saliva collection apparatus and methods of saliva collection. Said apparatus conveniently comprises a filter assembly and an interface for delivering material from the apparatus to an assay unit.
US10743844B2	Ultrasound imaging apparatus An ultrasound imaging apparatus (20) is disclosed, comprising a data interface (30) configured to receive a plurality of different ultrasound data sets (26, 28) resulting from an ultrasound scan of an object (18) in different viewing directions. The ultrasound imaging apparatus further comprises a segmentation unit (32) for segmenting anatomical structures of the object in the different ultrasound data sets and for providing segmentation data of the anatomical structures, and a reference determining unit (34) for determining a spatial reference (48, 50, 52, 54) for the different ultrasound data sets on the basis of the segmentation data. A confidence determining unit (40) is included for determining confidence values (56) for different regions of the received ultrasound data on the basis of the spatial reference.
US10743842B2	Ultrasound signal processor, ultrasound signal processing method, and ultrasound diagnostic device An ultrasound signal processor that selectively drives a plurality of transducer elements arrayed in an ultrasound probe and executes ultrasound transmission and reception to a subject to perform velocity analysis by a color flow mapping method includes: a transmitter configured to select a transmission transducer element array from the plurality of transducer elements and perform transmission from the transmission transducer element array; a receiver configured to generate a received signal sequence for a transducer element of a reception transducer element array; a phasing adder configured to generate an acoustic line signal; and a velocity calculator configured to generate a complex acoustic line signal and calculate an average velocity, wherein the phasing adder performs delay processing for changing a method for calculating a transmission time in which the ultrasound transmitted reaches each of the observation points in at least one of the main target area and the sub-target area.
US10743837B2	Ultrasound waveform tomography method and system A method and system for generating an enhanced image of a volume of tissue, the method comprising: emitting acoustic waveforms toward the volume of tissue; detecting a set of acoustic signals derived from acoustic waveforms interacting with the volume of tissue; generating, from the set of acoustic signals, an initial model representing a distribution of an acoustomechanical parameter across a region of the volume of tissue; extracting a set of frequency components, from the set of acoustic signals; generating a first simulated wavefield with a first frequency component of the set of frequency components; generating an updated model of the initial model with the first simulated wavefield; iteratively refining the updated model with a set of simulated wavefields associated with the set of frequency components until a threshold condition is satisfied, thereby producing a final model; and generating the enhanced image from the final model of the volume of tissue.
US10743836B2	Medical ultrasound device with temperature detection at distal end A medical ultrasound device is disclosed. The device comprises an elongated body having a proximal end, a distal end (10) and a distal end region (1). One or more ultrasound transducers (4) for generating acoustic radiation are positioned in the distal end region, inside the elongated body. A transmission element (5) which is substantially transparent to acoustic radiation is positioned in the radiation path of the acoustic radiation, and a controller unit is operatively connected to the ultrasound transducer. The controller unit detects the acoustic path length through the transmission element and determines the temperature at the distal end from the detected acoustic path length. In an embodiment, the medical device is an ultrasound RF ablation catheter.
US10743832B2	X-ray beam shaping A medical X-ray imaging arrangement that includes an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, an X-ray beam manipulator device, a processor, and a memory unit. The X-ray beam manipulator device includes an adjustable X-ray beam diaphragm provided between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector. The beam diaphragm includes at least one movable X-ray beam-shaping element and at least one controllable actuator for moving the at least one beam-shaping element according to positioning data provided by the processor. The processor is configured to store positioning data of determined positions of the at least one beam-shaping element for determined attenuation configurations of the diaphragm, and to recall and supply the stored positioning data to the processor for activating the controllable actuator.
US10743830B2	Method and apparatus for scatter correction in position emission tomography (PET) imaging by performing a short PET scan in an extended region to estimate scatter coming from outside of the field of view (FOV) A method and apparatus is provided to correct for scatter in a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, the scatter coming from both within and without a field of view (FOV) for true coincidences. For a region of interest (ROI), the outside-the-FOV scatter correction are based on attenuation maps and activity distributions estimated from short PET scans of extended regions adjacent to the ROI. Further, in a PET/CT scanner, these short PET scans can be accompanied by low-dose X-ray computed tomography (CT) scans in the extended regions. The use of short PET scans, rather than full PET scans, provides sufficient accuracy for outside-the-FOV scatter corrections with the advantages of a lower radiation dose (e.g., low-dose CT) and requiring less time. In the absence of low-dose CT scans, an atlas of attenuation maps or a joint-estimation method can be used to estimate the attenuation maps for the extended regions.
US10743829B2	Computer-assisted tumor response assessment and evaluation of the vascular tumor burden A computer-implemented method for determining and evaluating an objective tumor response to an anti-cancer therapy using cross-sectional images can include receiving cross-sectional images of digital medical image data and identifying target lesions within the cross-sectional images. For each of the target lesions, a target lesion type and anatomical location is identified, a segmenting tool is activated for segmenting the target lesions into regions of interest, lesion metrics are automatically extracted from the regions of interest according to tumor response criteria, and conformity of target lesion identification is monitored using rules associated with the tumor response criteria, prompting a user to address any nonconforming target lesion. The method also includes receiving a presence/absence of metastases, determining changes in lesions metrics, and deriving an objective tumor response based on the tumor response criteria.
US10743826B2	Stationary real time CT imaging system and method thereof The present invention discloses a stationary real-time CT imaging system, comprising an annular photon counting detector, an annular scanning x-ray source, and a scanning sequence controller. Under the control of the scanning sequence controller, the annular scanning x-ray source emits x-ray, and the x-ray penetrates the object being tested and projects onto the corresponding annular photon counting detector. The annular photon counting detector delivers the corresponding exposure information through the main scanning machine and the main controlling unit to a CT main machine and a human-machine interface unit. The image reconstruction is completed in the CT main machine and the human-machine interface unit. By electronically controlling and switching x-ray projection positions in order, the scanning speed is enhanced by tens of times, thereby obtaining dynamic 3D images. The use of the photon counting detector enables the access to absorption data and energy data, thereby allows for real-time data reconstruction.
US10743825B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting technical exposure factors during radiographic acquisition A method and apparatus for acquiring a radiographic image of a patient includes using an X-ray source and at least a X-ray detector supported in opposed positions, the area under investigation being positioned between the X-ray source and detector in the propagation bundle of the radiation emitted by the X-ray source, the X-ray source and detector being movable along a pre-set trajectory due to at least two movements. The X-ray dose administered to a patient can be adjusted automatically, dispensing the minimum dose necessary to achieve a radiographic image of good quality. The method and apparatus provide for performing a scout acquisition, preceding the acquisition of a real panoramic image, in a particularly efficient way. During the scout acquisition, data are collected for adjusting the X-ray dose for the following radiographic image acquisition.
US10743818B2	Rejecting noise in a signal Reducing noise in a signal is provided. A first filter includes a selectively definable passband for filtering a first signal used in determining at least one patient parameter. A characteristic analyzer detects a characteristic of a second signal and generates a variability measurement value using a series of data values within the second signal over a previously occurring window of time. A filter controller coupled to the characteristic analyzer uses the variability measurement value to define a characteristic of the passband for the first filter and selectively tunes the passband of the first filter according to the defined characteristic. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.
US10743814B2	Fat fraction estimation using ultrasound with shear wave propagation Fat fraction is estimated from shear wave propagation. Acoustic radiation force is used to generate a shear wave in tissue of interest. The attenuation, center frequency, bandwidth or other non-velocity characteristic of the shear wave is calculated and used to estimate the fat fraction.
US10743813B2	Diabetes control using postprandial feedback Disclosed is a postprandial glucose-measuring device for preventing the development of or reversing T2D. Included are methods for using the device as well as better use for invasive and noninvasive glucose meters. Further disclosed are novel exercise-sensitizing compositions useful for managing blood glucose levels in Type-2 diabetics with minimal risk of hypoglycemia. The disclosed glucose meters allow a user to also measure exercise and meal size—all with relatively instant feedback—more effectively than having to track the complexity posed by labels, glycemic index and calories. Also disclosed is integration of glucose-measuring devices with smartphones and health monitoring technology to make possible safe and effective interpretation of postprandial glucose readings by a patient to control or reverse Type-2 diabetes.
US10743812B1	Implantable middle ear diagnostic transducer Methods, devices, and systems for measuring vibration of an implanted elongate vibrating body coupled to a bone of the middle ear. One system includes an elongate vibratory body having a first and second piezoelectric body separated by a central vane. The piezoelectric bodies and central vane can be individually electrically coupleable to an implantable electronic device. The electronic device can have a switch, driving circuitry and sensing circuitry within. In normal use, the driving circuitry is coupled through the switch to drive both piezoelectric bodies causing the vibratory body to vibrate. In diagnostic use, one piezoelectric body is driven while the other piezoelectric body is sensed to detect changes in vibration indicative of decoupling or undesirable impedance of the vibratory body.
US10743811B2	Fall prediction assessment Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable mediums for fall prediction assessment are provided. In a particular embodiment, a fall prediction profile generator is configured to identify, based on health status data associated with a patient, a hydration threshold for the patient. The fall prediction profile generator is also configured to store the identified hydration threshold as part of a hydration profile associated with the patient and provide the hydration profile to a fall prediction controller to generate a fall prediction assessment of the patient based on the hydration profile and a current hydration indicator associated with the patient.
US10743810B2	Devices for and methods of diagnosis and/or monitoring dysphagia The use of a device to measure patient sensory response through the application of an incrementally increased electrical current to the oropharynx.
US10743806B2	Systems and methods for non-intrusive deception detection Systems and methods for detecting deceptive intent of a subject include observing eye movements of the subject and correlating the observed movements to known baseline neurophysiological indicators of deception. A detection system may record eye movement data from the subject, compare the eye movement data to a data model comprising threshold eye movement data samples, and from the comparison make a determination whether or not the subject is lying. The detection system may create an alert if deception is detected. The eye movements detected include saccadic and intersaccadic parameters such as intersaccadic drift velocity. Measurements may be collected in situ with a field testing device, such as a non-invasive, non-contact device attached to the subject's computing device and configured to non-obtrusively record the eye movement data.
US10743795B2	Method and apparatus for limb circumference measurement Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first plurality of circumference measurements, each of the first plurality of circumference measurements corresponding to a first circumference around a limb of a person at a respective one of a plurality of locations of the limb, each of the first plurality of circumference measurements being obtained from a respective one of a plurality of elastic measurement elements that is positioned at a respective one of the locations; determining, based upon the first plurality of circumference measurements, a first geometric profile along a length of the limb; and outputting data representing the first geometric profile. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10743793B2	Systems and methods for delivering an agent to a user's lungs and for simultaneously monitoring lung health A system for delivering an agent to be taken up by a user's lungs and for simultaneously monitoring the user's lung health includes an inhalant-flow detection system and a computer-executable medium. The inhalant-flow detection system includes a flow sensor arranged to intercept a portion of inhalant flowing through the system and to provide detection signals regarding inhalant speed as a function of time. The computer-executable medium includes non-transient computer code, which when executed on a computer, causes the computer to receive the detection signals from the flow sensor, receive information about a quantity and type of agent provided by the agent delivery device for the inhalant during the inhalation time period, and calculate a delivered dose of the agent based on at least the detection signals received, the information received about the quantity and type of agent, and information concerning physiology of the user.
US10743782B1	Monitoring baby physical characterstics The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for monitoring baby physical characteristics. In some embodiments, the method may include projecting light from a video monitoring system toward a monitored user, and detecting a heart rate of the monitored user at the video monitoring system based at least in part on detecting the projected light. The method may further include comparing the detected heart rate with a predetermined heart rate threshold, and initiating an alert based at least in part on the comparing.
US10743778B2	System and method for pain monitoring using a multidimensional analysis of physiological signals The present invention is for a method and system for pain classification and monitoring optionally in a subject that is an awake, semi-awake or sedated.
US10743777B2	Cardiovascular parameter estimation in the presence of motion Disclosed embodiments pertain to cardiovascular parameter (e.g. heart rate) measurements when motion is present. Biometric sensor signal measurements may be obtained based on cardiovascular parameters of a user; and motion sensor signal measurements may be obtained based on user motion. An activity type may be determined based on the motion sensor signals. For example, when non-motion related frequencies in a frequency domain representation of the biometric sensor signal are obscured by user motion, an activity type may be determined based on the motion sensor signals. Further, based on the activity type, for each cardiovascular parameter (e.g. heart rate), a corresponding likely cardiovascular parameter value (e.g. a likely heart rate) may be determined. A corresponding fundamental frequency associated with the biometric sensor signal may then be determined for each cardiovascular parameter based on the motion sensor signal measurements and the corresponding likely cardiovascular parameter value.
US10743750B2	Multi-link modular continuum robotic endoscope system Robotic endoscopes have the potential to help endoscopists position tools during procedures, to propel the endoscope to the desired position, to automate functions and to prevent perforations during procedures. Modular architecture for a continuum robotic endoscope with multiple bending segments along the length of the endoscope. Each of the segments is modular, containing a set of actuation motors that drive short cables in the continuum segments.
US10743748B2	Endoscope structures and techniques for navigating to a target in branched structure Systems and methods employing a small gauge steerable catheter including a locatable guide with a sheath, particularly as an enhancement to a bronchoscope. A typical procedure is as follows. The location of a target in a reference coordinate system is detected or imported. The catheter is navigated to the target which tracking the distal tip of the guide in the reference coordinate system. Insertion of the catheter is typically via a working channel of a convention bronchoscope. Once the tip of the catheter is positioned at the target, the guide is withdrawn, leaving the sheath secured in place. The sheath is then used as a guide channel to direct a medical tool to target.
US10743745B2	Endoscope The present invention relates to an endoscope. The present invention may include an endoscope main body; and a guide cap that is mounted to be fixed to a front end of the endoscope main body when inserting the endoscope main body into a human body and slides to protrude toward the front of the endoscope main body when withdrawing the endoscope main body inserted into the human body. An object of the present invention is to facilitate insertion of the endoscope by freely varying a length of the cap from the front end of the endoscope, and to enhance the detection rate of polyp.
US10743742B2	Dishwasher A dishwasher having a structure so that a height of a rack assembly may be adjusted includes: a main body; a tub provided inside the main body and having an opening; a door provided to open or close the opening of the tub; and a rack assembly disposed inside the tub to accommodate tableware, wherein the rack assembly includes: a frame including a loading portion on which the tableware is placed, the loading portion including a fixing plate and a lifting plate provided to be movable up and down; an operating member provided to be capable of adjusting a height of the lifting plate; and a lifting induction member provided to connect the operating member and the lifting plate, and wherein the lifting plate moves in conjunction with the lifting induction member by the operation of the operating member.
US10743740B2	Dishwasher with spray system assembly A spray system assembly for a household appliance, such as a dishwasher, wherein the spray system assembly can include a diverter housing with a diverter valve, a sprayer mount, and a rotatable sprayer. The rotatable sprayer can include a hub, a spray head, and a pair of spaced spacers. The sprayer mount can include a collar for receiving the hub of the rotatable sprayer. The pair of spaced spacers can circumscribe the hub.
US10743739B2	Dry mop cleaner An apparatus for cleaning mops comprising a top plate adapted to be engaged upon and spaced apart from a floor surface so as to form a cavity therebetween, an open face formed along an edge between the top plate and the floor surface and a plurality of protrusions extending from the top plate in a direction toward the floor surface, spaced apart along the open face, and a conduit extending between a proximate and a distal end, the proximate end extending through the top plate so as to place an interior of the conduit in fluid connection with the cavity, the distal end having a connector operable to be engaged in fluidic communication with an in-wall vacuum outlet. A method for cleaning a mop comprising passing a mop across a floor surface in proximity to an opening formed between a top plate and the floor surface, the top plate engaged upon the floor surface around a periphery thereof forming a cavity between the top plate and the floor surface, with the opening along an edge thereof into the cavity, agitating at least one element of the mop against at least one protrusion extending from the top plate into the opening; and drawing air and contents of the cavity through a conduit into an outlet of an in-wall wall vacuum system.
US10743725B2	Retractable toilet paper holder A toilet paper holder comprising a base, an extendable arm having a first end and a distal end with the first end rotatably coupled to the base, and a toilet roll mount connected to the distal end of the arm. The extendable arm having alternative variations, one variation having a plurality of interlocking arms and a second variation being an expandable telescopic arrangement having a plurality of segments.
US10743723B2	Spindle assembly for sheet product dispensers An assembly for supporting a roll of sheet product with respect to a sheet product dispenser is provided including a mandrel configured to be positioned within a housing of the dispenser and a spindle. The spindle includes a spindle body positioned over the mandrel and configured to be received within a central opening of the roll. The spindle includes first and second sets of friction elements extending away from respective ends of the spindle body. Each friction element is configured to extend radially inward from the spindle body so as to provide a contact force against the mandrel when the spindle is installed on the mandrel. The contact forces applied against the mandrel may be designed to be constant irrespective of whether the roll of sheet product is installed on the spindle and/or if the inner surface of the central opening of the roll of sheet product has any inconsistencies.
US10743713B2	Cooking device with inset dispersing pattern A cooking device includes a bottom wall having a raised cooking surface surrounded by an overflow trough. A liquid dispersion pattern is disposed on the raised cooking surface and includes a plurality of channels configured to channel liquid towards a peripheral edge of the raised cooking surface. Each channel includes a first end disposed in a first plane and a second end disposed in a second plane that is vertically offset form the first plane. A body portion of each channel interconnects the first and second ends. The channels are spaced apart to define support ribs therebetween which are configured to abuttingly support a food substrate on the cooking device during a cooking procedure. With the channels positioned between the support ribs, the food substrate is supported in an intermittent manner on the cooking surface as compared to full contact support found in conventional cooking devices.
US10743710B2	System and method for cooking a meat patty One variation of a system for cooking food includes: a griddle module including a lower plate configured to receive a food product and an upper plate arranged over the lower plate and configured to contact the food product; a set of induction stations, each induction station including a lower coil configured to inductively couple to the lower plate when the griddle module is arranged in the induction station and an upper coil configured to inductively couple to the upper plate when the griddle module is arranged in the induction station; a hub configured to support the lower plate and the upper plate between the upper and lower coils of the induction stations and to sequentially position the griddle module through the set of induction stations; and a controller configured to drive the upper and lower coils to heat the food product between the lower plate and the upper plate.
US10743703B2	Mobile cooking and ingredient supply system and a system to prepare food and supply ingredient A mobile cooking-and-ingredient-supply system includes a vehicle, a data-storage device, a cooking module, an ingredient-supply rack, first-ingredient-supply modules, an ingredient-replenishing station and a computing device. The data-storage device stores a food-preparation plan associated with a food preparation location, a preparation time, and an ingredient for preparing a food product. The cooking module is configured to prepare the food product based on the food-preparation plan. The first-ingredient-supply modules are carried by the ingredient-supply rack. The ingredient-replenishing station carries second-ingredient-supply modules to meet with the vehicle and replenish one of the first-ingredient-supply modules. The computing device is configured with computer-executable instructions based on the food-preparation plan, automatically causes the ingredient-replenishing station to prepare one of the second ingredient-supply modules based on the food-preparation plan, and automatically selects meeting time and meeting location based on the food-preparation plan, for the vehicle to meet with the ingredient-replenishing station.
US10743699B2	Adjustment and alignment system for a roller blind An alignment bracket for a roller blind, comprising a base and a roller tube support securable to the base. First and second coupling members on the base and roller tube support permit an adjustment of the alignment of the roller tube support, and the end of a roller tube mounted thereon, relative to the base. Also provided is a blind fabric alignment device for a roller tube of a multi-tube roller blind. The alignment device comprises a drive coupling body securable to an end of a roller tube of the blind, a driven member mounted to the drive coupling body, a torque transfer mechanism secured to the driven member, and an adjuster. The torque transfer mechanism transfers rotational torque from the driven member to the drive coupling body through the adjuster. The adjuster permits an alteration of the rotational position of the driven member relative to the drive coupling body.
US10743685B2	Wall anchor assemblies and related wall mount systems An anchor assembly for hanging an object on a wall includes a first anchor component and a second anchor component. The second anchor component is pivotably associated with the first anchor component for movement between an anchoring orientation and a non-anchoring orientation to enable staged installation of the anchor assembly into a wall. At least one wall penetrating retainer extends from each of the first and second anchor components. When the second anchor component is in the anchoring orientation a curved configuration of the wall penetrating extent of the retainer of the second anchor component opposes a curved configuration of the wall penetrating extent of the retainer of the first anchor component to form a jaw-type arrangement.
US10743682B2	Transaction stand Disclosed herein are aspects of a transaction device stand. In one embodiment, the transaction device stand comprises a stand base having a base plate, a column having a shape, and a winged collar latching mechanism. A swivel top may be mounted to the stand base via the winged collar, the swivel top configured to be physically coupled to a transaction device. A tension mechanism may be implemented between a portion of the swivel top and a portion of the winged collar of the stand base such that the swivel top is held at a position relative to the stand base in tension.
US10743679B2	Universal cup dispenser Disclosed are embodiments of cup dispensers that can accommodate a variety of different cup sizes, cup shapes, and/or cup materials without the need for manual adjustment. In some embodiments, the cup dispenser can automatically adjust the applied pressure via fingers/blocks on one or more contact points on a cup among an inserted sleeve of cups. In some embodiments, sets of blocks can be placed at varying depths. In some embodiments, one set of blocks can hold the cup currently being dispensed while another set of blocks can hold the next cup in the sleeve in place, for example.
US10743674B2	Electromotive dual drive An electromotive dual drive for adjustment of two different furniture parts of a piece of furniture includes a housing having opposite end sections. Each end section is formed with a shaft holder for receiving a pivot shaft of the piece of furniture. Two drive units are arranged one behind another in the housing in a longitudinal direction, with each drive unit including a drive motor, a transmission, and a spindle drive including a spindle which acts on an output member operably connected to a respective one of the pivot shafts. The spindles and/or the output members of the drive units are sized of different lengths, and the drive motor of one of the drive units and the drive motor of the other one of the drive units are spaced from the shaft holders, respectively, at different distances.
US10743666B2	Self-acting device for facilitating preventing product tip over Self-acting devices and methods are provided for facilitating preventing product tip over. The self-acting device includes an anti-tip mechanism associated with a product to facilitate preventing tip over of the product when in an extended state. Further, the device includes an actuator associated with the product. The actuator is operatively coupled to facilitate transition of the anti-tip mechanism from a retracted state to the extended state. Further, an actuator control is provided to signal the actuator to facilitate transitioning the anti-tip mechanism from the retracted state to the extended state based on the actuator control detecting movement of the product across a floor.
US10743658B1	Slide rail assembly A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail and a blocking member. The second rail is movable relative to the first rail. The blocking member is movably arranged on the first rail. When the second rail is moved relative to the first rail from a retracted position to an extension position, the second rail is blocked by the blocking member.
US10743652B2	Device for providing bristles for brush production and providing method A method for providing bristles for automated production of brushes, in particular toothbrushes or parts thereof may comprise providing a plurality of bristles in a storage container, applying oil to at least a part of the plurality of bristles in the storage container, separating a bristle tuft from the storage and transporting the bristle tuft in a tube using an airflow. The plurality of bristles tufts can be transferred to a providing unit, in which the bristles tufts are arranged in a pre-defined tuft pattern and may be over-molded by injection molding in order to form at least a brush head. A device suitable to perform the method comprises at least an immersion unit to apply oil to bristles and an airflow-using transportation unit.
US10743651B2	Method of manufacturing a brush, and brush This method of manufacturing a brush 1 comprises: a first step of forming a support body 10 in which through holes 14 are formed; and a second step of inserting a brush bristle 20 in a bent state into each through hole 14 from one side of the through hole 14 to cause a looped bristle to project from the through hole 14 on the other side.
US10743648B1	Animal toothbrush system The handle has a proximal end and a distal end. The handle has an intermediate extent between the handle and the distal end. The housing has a handle adjacent to the proximal end. The housing has a head adjacent to the distal end. The housing has a plurality of tufts of bristles extending at right angles from the head. A toothpaste cartridge is provided within the handle. The handle has an intermediate component operatively coupled to the cartridge below. The intermediate component is operatively coupled to the head above. The head has a plurality of holes adjacent to the tufts. The intermediate component has a plurality tubes. The tubes operatively couple the cartridge and the holes. At least one valve is provided between the cartridge and the holes. In this manner the backlog of toothpaste is abated.
US10743645B2	Oral care implement An oral care implement comprising a head and a handle coupled to the head, the head comprising a first face having a plurality of cleaning elements extending therefrom, wherein the plurality of cleaning elements comprises at least one bristle tuft positioned on a longitudinal axis of the head and having a distal end remote from the first face, wherein the at least one bristle tuft comprises bristles of varying lengths so as to form a cup-shaped recess at the distal end of the bristle tuft, the plurality of cleaning elements further comprising a plurality of cleaning elements which are substantially V-shaped in plan, positioned in series on the longitudinal axis of the head wherein a concave side of each said V-shaped cleaning element faces towards the bristle tuft.
US10743642B2	Retention clip for a portable communication device A unitary metal clip (100) is formed of a pocket mounting side (102), a device mounting side (104) and a top end pocket flange (108) therebetween. The clip further comprises first and second side flanges (106) extending from the pocket mounting side (102) toward the top end pocket flange (108). The top end pocket flange (108) provides alignment, while first and second side flanges (106) provide slide-in, engagement, and grip features for clip (100). A recessed retention feature (114) is also provided within the pocket mounting side (102) to provide a compression feature of clip. A device mounting platform (130) is located on the device mounting side (104) extending from the top end pocket flange (108) of clip (100) for mounting to a device, such as a holster or directly to a communication device. Clip (100) provides stable, non-rotational positioning and retention for body worn portable communication device applications.
US10743635B2	Liquid eyeliner pen having liquid storage fuction A liquid eyeliner pen having a liquid storage function includes a brush sleeve having a brush sleeve body. At least one air inlet hole extending along an axial direction of the brush sleeve body is configured on the brush sleeve body at a position close to the front shaft end thereof in a through manner. The front side of the air inlet hole is exposed outside a brush sleeve base. At least one first air vent extending along the axial direction of the brush sleeve body is further configured on the outer layer sidewall of the brush sleeve body. A front side of the first air vent intercommunicates with the air inlet hole, a rear side of the first air vent intercommunicates with a second air vent on the diverter base. At least one liquid storage groove unit is configured on the inner layer sidewall of the brush sleeve body.
US10743630B2	Dual-layer bumper for a case for a mobile device A bumper (1) for a mobile device that includes a first layer (18) formed from an elastomeric first material and a second layer (2) formed from a second material different from the elastomeric first material. The first layer (18) is arranged on an outside of the bumper and the second layer (2) is arranged on an inside of the bumper so that the second layer (2) is between the mobile device and the first layer (18) when the mobile device is arranged in the bumper (1). The bumper (1) completely covers the mobile device, except for at least a portion of the front, at least a portion of the rear, and at least one speaker of the mobile device if present, when the mobile device is arranged in the bumper (1).
US10743629B2	Folding back pack A compartmentalized folding bag, including an outer cover enclosing one or more cylindrical storage compartments, an inner cover including a hollow cylinder passing through the storage compartments, a spine inside the inner cover, operative to raise and lower, causing the bag to raise and lower vertically, and operative to open and close, causing the bag to expand and compress radially, and a locking mechanism that locks to hold the spine in its raised expanded position and that unlocks to pull the spine back to its lowered compressed position.
US10743627B2	Umbrella having an anti-inversion mechanism An umbrella has a plurality of ribs attached to a runner by main struts. The umbrella has an anti-inversion mechanism formed of a plurality of anti-inversion struts. Each anti-inversion strut is pivotally coupled to one respective main strut and is pivotally connected to a floating joint member that is freely movable along a length of one respective rib. The anti-inversion mechanism also includes a stop that is fixedly attached to the rib and restricts the degree of travel of the floating joint member along the rib and is positioned to prevent the respective rib from inverting in response to an applied force.
US10743624B1	Buckle assembly with locking arrangement A buckle assembly includes a first buckle member having an insertion member, a second buckle member having a receiving slot, and a locking arrangement. The locking arrangement includes a locking slot indently formed on the insertion member, a locking member movably mounted in the second buckle member at a position corresponding to the locking slot, and a releasing key detachably attached on the second buckle member to drive the locking member to move between a locked position and a releasing position. In the locked position, the locking member is moved to engage with the locking slot to prevent the insertion member from detaching from the receiving slot. In the releasing position, the locking member is driven by the releasing key to retract from the locking slot so as to allow the insertion member to be pulled out of the receiving slot.
US10743616B2	Footwear heel spring device A device configured to surround a portion of a foot-receiving cavity at a heel region of an article of footwear includes a control bar having a center segment, a medial side arm extending from the center segment, and a lateral side arm spaced from the medial side arm and extending from the center segment. The device may include an extension extending toward the control bar. At least a portion of the control bar may be elastically deformable under an applied force depressing the control bar toward the extension, and the extension may limit movement of the control bar. The control bar may be adapted to return to an unloaded position upon removal of the applied force.
US10743614B2	Method of manufacturing a bladder element with an impression of etched area of mold assembly and article having bladder element with impression An article of footwear includes a sole assembly with a midsole and an outsole. The midsole includes a fluid-filled bladder element including a first polymeric sheet that has a surface with an impression. The fluid-filled bladder element has a sealable internal cavity that retains fluid. A first portion of the bladder element with the impression is exposed to view through one of the midsole, the outsole, or an upper. A second portion of the bladder element is blocked from view by said one of the midsole, the outsole, or the upper.
US10743613B2	Sole structure with piston and adaptive cushioning system A sole structure for an article of footwear has a sole plate with a foot-facing surface. A piston is disposed on the sole plate at the foot-facing surface. The sole structure includes a cushioning system disposed on the sole plate. The cushioning system has a variable cushioning characteristic, such as hardness or viscosity. The piston deforms the cushioning system and the variable cushioning characteristic varies in response to dorsiflexion of the sole plate.
US10743605B2	Shoe orthotic device and related methods The present invention provides an improved orthotic device adapted to be inserted into a high-heeled or raised-heel shoe and to receive a human foot thereon. The orthotic device may be operable to adhere to the sole of the shoe and may comprise a proximal contoured slope operable to prevent migration and increase acceptance of body weight at the heel of the wearer's foot and may comprise a distal contoured slope operable to support the arch of the wearer's foot, preventing the foot from sliding forward and focusing excessive painful pressure at the user's toes. The orthotic device may also have dual layers of adhesive material separated by a peel-away backing, and an inferior surface concavity with a channel allowing solvent to be used to dissolve the adhesive if the orthotic device needs to be repositioned or changed to a new shoe.
US10743596B2	Insulated vented garment formed using non-woven polymer sheets Aspects herein provide for a method of manufacturing a vented insulated garment using non-woven polymer sheets and garments produced therefrom. The method generally comprises providing a non-woven polymer sheet having one or more voided portions, positioning the sheet between two textile layers, and bonding the textile layers together at areas corresponding to the voided portions in the non-woven polymer sheet to form a seam. The seam may be optionally perforated.
US10743593B2	Outerwear having enhanced hood The present application provides a garment that includes: a hood, the hood having an opening at a front of the hood, the opening extending between a bottom and top of the hood; at least a first passageway meandering in a concave shape on at least one side of the hood and extending from the bottom front of the hood, rearward over a wearer's shoulder, transitioning vertically toward the top of the hood, and continuing at the top of the hood forward back over the wearer's shoulder toward the front of the hood; and at least way drawstring disposed within the first passageway.
US10743590B2	Isolator sleeve systems A cuff attachment for an isolator sleeve cuff, the cuff attachment comprising an annular band of substantially elastomeric material having an open first end and an open second end, the first end having a diameter which is wider than a diameter of the second end, the first end being adapted to be attachable to an isolator sleeve cuff, and the second end being adapted to releasably retain a plug therein. A plug for sealing the second end of the cuff attachment, the plug comprising a body sized and shaped to be releasably retained in the second end of the cuff attachment. An isolator sleeve system comprising the cuff attachment and the plug.
US10743586B2	Electronic cigarette having rebuildable atomizer deck (RDA) An electronic cigarette includes a housing. A rebuildable dripping atomizer (RDA) deck on the housing supports first and second spaced terminal posts connected to first ends of respective first and second heating coils. A central column terminal has a central post received within a central orifice of the RDA deck and engages a battery contained in the housing. A transverse support is spaced above the terminal posts and onto which second ends of respective first and second heating coils are clamped. An insulator separates the central post from the RDA deck. A switch is carried by the housing and connected to the electrical circuit and completes the electrical circuit to energize the heating coils and vaporize juice contained on at least one wick held by the heating coils.
US10743584B2	Vapor-generating system having an external cartridge A vapor-generating system includes a cartridge including a first vapor-forming substrate, the cartridge having an annular shape and at least one end configured to abut a flange and at least partially cover a device air inlet, and a vapor-generating device having an outer surface that defines the flange, the vapor-generating device being configured to be overlain by the cartridge such that the cartridge is coupled against the flange, the vapor-generating device including a liquid storage section containing a second vapor-forming substrate, the second vapor-forming substrate being a liquid substrate, and a power supply section, the liquid storage section being configured to removably attach to the power supply section such that at least one of the flange and the device air inlet are defined by outer surfaces of the liquid storage section and the power supply section.
US10743579B2	In situ synthesis of composite nanoscale particles A method of making composite nanoscale particles comprising subjecting a starting material to laser energy so as to form a vapor and condensing the vapor so as to form the composite nanoscale particles, wherein said composite nanoscale particles comprise a first metal and/or a first metal oxide incorporated in nanoscale particles of an oxide of a second metal, the first metal being different than the second metal. The starting material can comprise first and second metals or compounds of the first and second metals. The composite nanoscale particles can be formed in a reaction chamber wherein a temperature gradient is provided. The atmosphere in the chamber can be an inert atmosphere comprising argon or a reactive atmosphere comprising oxygen. The composite nanoscale particles are useful for low-temperature and near-ambient temperature catalysis. The composite nanoscale particles can be incorporated in the tobacco cut filler, cigarette paper and/or cigarette filter material of a cigarette to catalyze the oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide.
US10743576B2	Citrus fruit juice extractor The invention relates to a citrus fruit juice extractor which can be used to cut citrus fruits into at least two parts, extract the juice therefrom and discharge the peel following juicing. The juice extractor consists of a juice extractor element coupled in a hollow housing having openings in the sides thereof, a cutting element connected above the extractor element, and press means located above the hollow housing.
US10743572B2	Glucosylated steviol glycoside as a flavor modifier A taste and flavor profile modifying composition is described. The composition includes a blend of glucosylated steviol glycosides and residual steviol glycosides which can modify the intensity of a taste and/or flavor in a food or beverage product.
US10743555B2	Method for drying food products A method for drying a food product includes the step of: a) inserting the food product in an enclosure, the enclosure being defined by the vessel of a mixer; and b) drying the food product in the enclosure by applying a vacuum to the enclosure. The supplying of heat to the product located inside the enclosure is carried out when the vacuum is applied to the enclosure during step b) such as to maintain and/or increase the temperature of the product during all or part of the process of drying by applying a vacuum to the enclosure. The supplying of heat is carried out by heat transfer between at least one heat-transfer fluid and the product and/or by irradiating the product with electromagnetic radiation.
US10743552B2	System and method for forming a food patty One variation of a system for forming a meat patty includes: a cylinder operable in a upright position and an inverted position; a piston running within the cylinder and defining a set of gas ports; a grinder configured to grind meat and to dispense a quantity of ground meat into the cylinder, in the upright position, during a grind cycle; an actuator system configured to transition the cylinder from the upright position to the inverted position during a dispense cycle to dispense the quantity of ground meat from the cylinder; and a gas supply configured to supply gas to the cylinder behind the piston at a first pressure during the grind cycle to limit ingress of ground meat into the gas ports and at a second pressure greater than the first pressure during the dispense cycle to dislodge the quantity of ground meat from the piston.
US10743551B2	Dough with a lipolytic enzyme and/or xylanase and a monooxygenase A method for preparing a dough or a baked product prepared from the dough which method comprises incorporating into the dough a lipolytic enzyme and/or a xylanase and an X143 polypeptide, wherein the X143 polypeptide is a monooxygenase.
US10743545B2	Sabadilla oil The invention relates to methods for controlling pests by application of sabadilla oil to pests' environment or to pests. This present invention is also directed to methods for producing sabadilla oil by removing the oil from plants.
US10743542B2	Preparation method and use of an atomic-state fluid iodine and its derived nano-iodine In one aspect, the present disclosure belongs to the new material field and can be used to produce atomic-state fluid iodine by iodine atom rearrangement occurring in the pseudo-critical reaction system. In one aspect, the atomic-state fluid iodine has a specific gravity of about 3.8-4.0 g/mL and maintains stable physical state under 10-100 C and light environment without sublimation or decomposition. As a new-type iodine-structural material, atomic-state fluid iodine and atomic-state nano-iodine can be used as the 4th generation of atomic-state iodine disinfectant for human, animal and living environment, experimental data show that as atomic-state germicide in agricultural production, it can prevent and cure specific parasitism disease of plant, such as Citrus Huanglongbing and citrus bacterial canker disease, banana panama disease, fruit tree branch blight disease and plant virus disease, and it can also be used as a substitution in medical and health field for its features of safety, stability and high potency.
US10743535B2	Insecticide for flight-capable pests An insecticide for exterminating a flight-capable insect, comprising an effective concentration of menthol to be lethal to the insect, a solvent for the menthol, at least one viscosity-increasing agent in sufficient concentration to increase viscosity of insecticide to greater than 5 centipoise, at least one surfactant in sufficient concentration to cause adhesion of insecticide to insect, and a volumizer.
US10743532B1	Game animal processing apparatus A game animal processing apparatus includes a hoist having a horizontal arm and a cable. In a first operating mode, a first hook is raised vertically by pulling the cable. A second hook is located on the horizontal arm of the hoist. A game hanger includes a first hook connection that connects to the first hook such that pulling the cable vertically raises the game hanger towards the horizontal arm. A second hook connection connects to the second hook in order to hang the game hanger from the horizontal arm of the hoist. Lastly, the game hanger includes a pair of prongs that are each configured to support a portion of the game animal. The weight of the game animal may be entirely supported by the prongs when the game hanger is hung from the hoist via the second hook and second hook connection.
US10743524B2	Containment system for aquatic animals A system for displaying aquatic animals in a retail environment includes a base having a plurality of shelves, and a plurality of removable containment elements disposed on the shelves, each of the containment elements including a bottom, a top, and side walls extending between the top and the bottom to enclose a volume of water. At least one of the side walls defines a flat side viewing panel for viewing an aquatic animal inside of the containment element. Each of the containment elements is a rectangular-shaped that is sized to contain a salable number of aquatic animals.
US10743514B2	Animal crate assembly A crate assembly includes a plurality of members defining an interior of the crate assembly, where the plurality of members includes a front, a back, a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side. A frame is formed in one of the plurality of members, the frame having a plurality of interconnected horizontal and vertical wires that define a door opening. A door is pivotally coupled to the frame about a pivot wire of the frame to move between an open position and a closed position. A latch assembly is pivotally coupled to a horizontal wire of the frame. The latch assembly includes a wire having a first end, a second end and a transverse portion, the wire forming a first portion defined between the first end and the transverse portion and a second portion defined between the second end and the transverse portion.
US10743512B2	Implement for automatically milking a dairy animal An implement for automatically milking a dairy animal, such as a cow, comprises a milking parlour, a sensor for observing a teat, and a milking robot for automatically attaching a teat cup to the teat. The milking robot comprises a robot control that is connected to the sensor. The sensor comprises a radiation source for emitting light, a receiver for receiving electromagnetic radiation reflected from the dairy animal, a lens, and sensor control unit. The sensor comprises a matrix with a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of receivers. The sensor control unit is designed to determine for each of the receivers a phase difference between the emitted and the reflected electromagnetic radiation in order to calculate the distance from the sensor to a plurality of points on the part to be observed of the dairy animal.
US10743507B2	Bean variety SVGZ5486 The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line SVGZ5486. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of bean line SVGZ5486 and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SVGZ5486 with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SVGZ5486, including the pods and gametes of such plants.
US10743502B1	Sweet corn variety SYW-6SIDL159 The invention provides seed and plants of corn line SYW-6SIDL159. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of corn line SYW-6SIDL159 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10743497B2	White rust resistant Chrysanthemum plants Provided herein are white rust resistant plants of the genus Chrysanthemum and seeds, plant parts, plant cells and progeny thereof. Also provided herein are markers for identifying white rust resistant plants of the genus Chrysanthemum. Specifically, the present invention relates to plant belonging to the genus Chrysanthemum, the plants are resistant to white rust and the plants comprise in their genome at least one genomic region, or gene or allele, providing white rust resistance, the white rust resistance providing genomic region, or gene or allele, is genetically linked to a nucleic acid sequence comprised in at least one copy in the genome of the resistant plants and is represented by SEQ ID No. 2.
US10743496B2	Onion variety SVNZ3927 The invention provides seed and plants of the onion line designated SVNZ3927. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of onion line SVNZ3927, and to methods for producing an onion plant produced by crossing a plant of onion line SVNZ3927 with itself or with another onion plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of onion line SVNZ3927, including the bulbs and gametes of such plants.
US10743492B2	Soybean variety 01077433 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01077433. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01077433. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01077433 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01077433 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10743488B2	Tomato hybrid DR0603TC and parents thereof The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid DR0603TC and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DR0603TC and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10743480B2	Agile spectrum greenhouse LED lighting fixture and control An apparatus, including a light emitting device, including a plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, and further including a control device for controlling a light intensity of each light emitting diode of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes is presented. Each set of the plurality of sets may be controlled by a driver. Each driver of each set of the plurality of sets may be configured to control an intensity of light emitted by each set of the plurality of sets. The control device may be programmed by a computer program to control light intensity of each set light emitting diodes of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes based on light intensity requirements of vegetation that may be stored in the adjustment potentiometers or in the on-board computer memory via network connection or direct plugin modules.
US10743475B2	Agricultural wagon with unload auger operable on both sides An agricultural wagon, for example a grain cart, of the type including an upright unload auger at the front end of the grain receiving bin which can be pivoted between left side and right side discharge positions, further includes a gearbox supported at the bottom end of the unload auger. The gearbox has a main shaft directly coupled to the unload auger. An input shaft of the gearbox, coupled to the main shaft by gear reducing bevel gears, receives an input rotation from a drive source external of the gearbox, for example the PTO of a tractor, for driving the main shaft and the unload auger. A second pair of bevel gears transfer some of the input rotation of the main shaft to an output shaft of the gearbox which is connected to a lower auger along the bottom of the grain receiving bin.
US10743473B2	Apparatus, system and method for transporting bales An apparatus, system and method for transporting bales is described. A system for transporting bales includes a hauling truck, a trailer pivotably coupled to the hauling truck by a gooseneck, the trailer comprising telescoping arches, wherein the telescoping arches move a cradle between a loading position, wherein tubular elongate skids slide into a space between a round bale and a ground in the loading position, and a transport position, wherein an angled portion of the tubular elongate skids lift the bale off the ground in the transport position, and wherein the gooseneck pivots the trailer to a driver's side of the hauling truck in the loading position, and wherein the hauling truck loads the bale while moving forward.
US10743467B2	Self-propelled forage harvester corn head adapter A self-propelled forage harvester corn head adapter allows a self-propelled forage harvester to utilize a corn head of the type used to harvest corn with a combine. The adapter includes a frame configured for coupling to a self-propelled forage harvester. A central panel is coupled to the frame and has an opening extending through the central panel. A lower roller assembly has a lower roller positioned to extend along a lower edge of the opening. An upper roller assembly extends across the opening having an upper roller being parallel to the lower roller assembly. The upper roller assembly is movably coupled relative to the central panel such that spacing between the upper roller and the lower roller is adjustable.
US10743459B2	Hand-held spreader A hand-held spreader is provided having a housing with a compartment for particulate material, a chamber below the compartment having a bottom wall with a circular aperture, an impeller mounted for rotation in the chamber along such bottom wall responsive to a hand crank, a discharge opening, and a path along which the particulate material passes into the chamber for discharge via the discharge opening. The impeller has an outer circular periphery proximal to and extending over an outer edge of the aperture to form a gap between the impeller and the bottom wall of the chamber that seals the gap from the particulate material larger than the gap from entering under the impeller and risking obstruction of impeller rotation. Any particulate material that enters the gap passes downward through the aperture to enable self-cleaning of particulate material that would otherwise collect under the impeller in the chamber.
US10743456B2	Ground-engaging farm implement with axle suspension to enhance field surface contact An improved farm implement includes a frame that can be coupled to the hitch of a power unit. The weight of the unit supported by one or more wheels that are pivotally mounted to the frame. The implement further includes a suspension system that is configured to vary the vertical positioning of one or more support wheels.
US10743452B2	Strip tillage device A tillage device includes a soil disruptor configured to couple to an agricultural implement. The soil disruptor is sized and shaped to create a soil disruption in a target soil profile beneath a soil surface without tilling the soil surface when the soil disruptor is moved through the target soil profile by the agricultural implement.
US10750649B2	Inspection apparatus and component mounting system having the same A component mounting system and a method for inspecting mounted components are provided. A component mounting system according to an embodiment, comprises a solder inspection apparatus comparing coordinate information of the solder, which is obtained through measurement of a substrate to which solder is applied, with reference coordinate information to generate coordinate correction data; and a first mounting inspection apparatus comparing a first measurement data obtained by measuring mounting state of a component when the component is mounted based on the coordination correction data through a component mounting apparatus, with the coordinate correction data to verify whether a component is mounted on a position corrected based on the coordinate correction data. In this manner, by adding the verification function for the performance function of the component mounting apparatus to the inspection apparatus, it is possible to monitor the operation state of the component mounting apparatus in each process step.
US10750646B2	Electromagnetic shield component and wire harness An electromagnetic shield component that includes a first tube that has conductivity; a flexible shield; and a second tube externally fitted to the first tube with the flexible shield disposed between the first tube and the second tube, wherein: a protrusion is provided on an inner circumferential surface of the second tube over an entire length of the inner circumferential surface in a circumferential direction, the protrusion protruding toward the flexible shield and holding the flexible shield in a pressed state between the first tube and the second tube, and an outer circumferential surface of the protrusion is smoother than an outer circumferential surface of a portion of the second tube where the protrusion is not formed.
US10750644B2	Rear side swappable fan array module design A server device is provided with a fan module that includes a removable or reconfigurable partition for different size fan units based on system requirements. The chassis can include a plurality of sleds and a fan module. The fan module includes a removable partition that can be configured to house a plurality of fan units.
US10750639B2	Cooling memory modules An example cooling system is described herein. The cooling system can include a first cold plate including a first heat pipe to couple to a side of a dual in-line memory module (DIMM) where the first heat pipe transfers heat from the DIMM to the first cold plate; and a second cold plate including a second heat pipe to couple to the side of the DIMM, where the second heat pipe transfers heat from the DIMM to the second cold plate.
US10750637B1	Immersion cooling infrastructure module having compute device form factor A removable immersion cooling infrastructure module can have a form factor equivalent to that of one or more of the computing devices being cooled by immersion cooling, thereby enabling the immersion cooling infrastructure module to be installed and removed in the same simplified and efficient manner. Moreover, the quantity of immersion cooling infrastructure modules can be varied depending on need, since the immersion cooling infrastructure modules and computing devices can be interchangeable within the openings designed to house the computing devices. An immersion cooling infrastructure module can comprise a filter, a pump that can circulate the immersion cooling liquid through the filter, a power supply and a controller, with the module receiving power, and, optionally, communications and other like connectivity, from the same source as the computing devices.
US10750634B2	Rackmount server system and method for controlling same Provided are a rack mount server system, which has no damage to computation equipment even if a disorder occurs in a cooling device, which is easy to maintain, minimize power consumption, which has a simple structure, and which performs an efficient cooling, and a control method thereof. The system comprises: a rack housing; and a cooling zone which is placed in the rack housing, which stores a server, and which is forcibly cooled. The rack housing comprises a heat exchanger and an evaporator, which cool the cooling zone. The cooling methods of the cooling structure may be different in accordance with the internal temperature of the cooling zone and the external temperature of the cooling zone.
US10750632B1	Mounting system for component rack A datacenter component rack may be used to mount electronic components. The datacenter component rack may include support surfaces which are evenly spaced on each side of the component rack. The support surfaces may form uniform slots for receiving the electronic components. The electronic components may include flanges for mounting the electronic components in the uniform slots. The flanges may be on each side of the electronic component and engage the support surfaces in the datacenter component rack. The flanges may support the electronic component after they have engaged with the support surfaces.
US10750627B2	High voltage power module A power module includes a number of sub-modules connected via removable jumpers. The removable jumpers allow the connections between one or more power semiconductor die in the sub-modules to be reconfigured, such that when the removable jumpers are provided, the power module has a first function, and when the removable jumpers are removed, the power module has a second function. The removable jumpers may also allow for independent testing of the sub-modules. The power module may also include a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB), which is used to connect one or more contacts of the power semiconductor die. The multi-layer PCB reduces stray inductance between the contacts and therefore improves the performance of the power module.
US10750620B2	Flexible circuit battery attachment devices, systems, and methods Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for connecting a flexible circuit to a battery. Conductive pads are formed simultaneous with mounting and reflowing circuitry components on a flexible circuit, where the conductive pads serve as preformed tabs capable of being joined to terminals of a battery. The flexible circuit can be bent in a manner so that the conductive pads are positioned adjacent to the positive and negative terminals of a battery, such as a coin cell battery. The conductive pads can be attached to the terminals to form a cost-efficient and space-efficient design connecting the battery to the flexible circuit.
US10750618B2	System and method for manufacture of circuit boards Methods, systems, and apparatus for fabricating a circuit board. The method includes fabricating, using an additive manufacturing device, a trace layer, a sacrificial layer, a rail layer and a lid. The method includes placing the sacrificial layer on the trace layer such that the raised traces protrude through corresponding openings of the sacrificial layer. The method includes depositing a conductive material on top of the sacrificial layer and the plurality of traces. The method includes removing the sacrificial layer from the trace layer and placing the rail layer on the trace layer such that the raised traces align with the corresponding openings of the rail layer. The method includes connecting one or more electrical components and melting a sealing sheet on top of the rail layer and the electrical components to reinforce connections and to provide protection. The method includes placing the lid on top of the sealing sheet.
US10750610B2	Printed circuit board and storage device including printed circuit board A printed circuit board may include a controller socket, first and second sockets provided on a top surface, third and fourth sockets provided on a bottom surface, and first, second, and third branching points. The first branching point may be spaced apart from the controller socket by a first distance in a horizontal direction parallel to the top surface and may be electrically connected to the controller socket. The second branching point may be spaced apart from the first branching point by a second distance longer than the first distance and may be electrically connected to the first branching point, the first and third sockets. The third branching point may be spaced apart from the first branching point by a third distance longer than the first distance and may be electrically connected to the first branching point, the second and fourth sockets.
US10750609B2	Structure and method for mounting shielded module on printed wiring board, and shielded module In a structure for mounting a shielded module on a printed wiring board, the shielded module includes a mounting substrate, a shielding layer, and a solder layer. Electronic components are mounted on a main surface of the mounting substrate. The shielding layer is provided in an area from above the mounting substrate to a side surface of the mounting substrate and covers the electronic components. The solder layer is provided on a side surface of the shielding layer. The shielding layer is connected to a surface electrode located on the printed wiring board via the solder layer. The surface of the solder layer is depressed.
US10750588B2	Light fixture with dynamically controllable light distribution A light engine is disclosed in which the light engine contains a core comprising an opening extending completely through the core and independently addressable LED segments. The opening defines an inner surface of the core. Each segment has multiple LEDs. A PCB contains a body adjacent to one of an inner or outer surface of the core and to which the LED segments are attached and legs extending from the body and bent to be adjacent and traverse to the other of the inner or outer surface. Each leg is associated with a different LED segment. Control circuitry is connected with the legs of the flexible PCB and independently controls parameters of the LED segments to provide a preset illumination distribution and intensity based on user input.
US10750586B2	Horticultural luminaire, horticultural lighting arrangement and method for controlling horticultural lighting arrangement Disclosed is a horticultural luminaire, a horticultural lighting arrangement including a plurality of the horticultural luminaires, and a method for controlling the horticultural lighting arrangement. The horticultural luminaire includes a main light emitting unit including at least one LED for generating a main spectrum, an environmental sensor for measuring environmental data, and control electronics for determining a position data representing position of the horticultural luminaire, sending out the environmental data and the position data, receiving control data, and controlling the emission intensity of the main light emitting unit on the basis of the control data.
US10750585B2	Driver system for a light emitting device A luminaire driver system comprising: a package with input connections for connection to a power supply and output connections for connection to a light emitting device; a predetermined set of circuits arranged in said package; said predetermined set of circuits being adapted to perform a driving functionality of the light emitting device; a receiving means configured for receiving a pluggable module comprising a further circuit, such that the pluggable module can be received from outside of the package, wherein the further circuit is connected to the predetermined set of circuits when the pluggable module is plugged in the receiving means; and connections which are connected to the further circuit when the pluggable module is plugged in the receiving means; wherein the connections are accessible by a user from outside of the package.
US10750578B2	Assembled media line and contour shaped cap device An assembled media line including a media line, at least one first line connector and at least one first sheathing system, where the media line has a first end and a second end and where the at least one line connector is connected to one of the first and the second end of the media line and the at least one first sheathing system at least partially surrounds the media line, which media line is not dimensionally stable. A contour shaping cap device including at least two parts which together build, at least in sections, a media line surrounding sheath for contour shaping the media line, where the at least two parts are generally bending resistant and have elements for connecting them to one another.
US10750564B2	Failure detection and recovery for multiple active resources Wireless communications using multiple active resources (e.g., bandwidth parts (BWPs)) are described. A wireless device may perform failure event detection, such as radio link monitoring (RLM) and/or beam failure detection (BFD), jointly or separately for multiple active resources (e.g., BWPs) based on one or more criteria.
US10750555B2	Communication parameter setting method, communicating apparatus, and managing apparatus for managing communication parameters When a plurality of managing apparatuses which manage communication parameters exists, there is a case where the wrong communication parameters are set into a communicating apparatus. When the communication parameters are set between the managing apparatus which manages the communication parameters and the communicating apparatus, if a plurality of managing apparatuses in a setting state of the communication parameters into the communicating apparatus is detected, the managing apparatus in the setting state is notified that the plurality of managing apparatuses in the setting state exists. Whether or not the setting of the communication parameters is continued is discriminated, thereby continuing or stopping the setting of the communication parameters.
US10750553B2	Systems and methods for selection of collocated nodes in 5G network A disclosed method is performed at a first node providing mobile services to a user equipment (UE) over an access network (AN). The first node receives a setup request from UE to be connected to a network over an AN. The first node then sends a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the first node over a first interface terminated by the first node to an access and mobility management function (AMF). The first node further triggers the AMF to transmit a session establishment request to a session management function (SMF) including the FQDN of the first node, where in response, the SMF selects second node(s) in the network collocated with the first node based at least in part on a topology match of FQDNs. The first node then provides UE access to the network over the AN through the collocated first node and the node(s).
US10750548B2	Out of band diagnostics and maintenance A method for performing out of band diagnostics and maintenance of lighting system elements. An out of band connection is established via a wireless out of band channel with one of the lighting system elements and the mobile device. The wireless out of band channel is separate and distinct from a wireless lighting operations channel of a wireless lighting control network connecting the lighting system elements.
US10750541B1	Adaptive antenna steering based on wireless MAC state An information handling system may include a network interface device; an antenna communicatively coupled to the network interface device to communicatively couple the information handling system to a wireless network device; and an antenna optimization system to selectively switch the antenna between an omni-directional antenna electromagnetic radiation pattern during listening periods for channel occupancy during collision avoidance protocol to a directed electromagnetic radiation pattern emission during data transmissions directed to the wireless network device.
US10750537B2	Data transmission method and apparatus Embodiments provide a data transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device from the initial transmission resource block set by means of contention, an initial transmission resource block used by the terminal device to initially transmit to-be-transmitted data, and initially transmitting the to-be-transmitted data by using the initial transmission resource block; receiving, by the terminal device, a negative acknowledgement that is sent by the network device and that is for the to-be-transmitted data; determining, by the terminal device from the retransmission resource block set, a retransmission resource block used to retransmit the to-be-transmitted data; and retransmitting, by the terminal device, the to-be-transmitted data by using the retransmission resource block.
US10750535B2	Apparatus, system and method of neighbor awareness networking (NAN) communication Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of communicating over a data path. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) device to generate a message including an indication of a plurality of communication resources and one or more availability type indications corresponding to the plurality of communication resources, an availability type indication corresponding to a communication resource is configured to indicate an availability mode of the NAN device to communicate data over a data path using the communication resource; and to transmit the message.
US10750534B2	Method and apparatus to receive and transmit data in a mobile communication system Data transfer method and apparatus for use in a mobile communication system are provided. Method to adjust uplink transmission timing includes receiving system information from a base station, receiving RRC message from the base station, receiving Timing Advance Command from the base station, determining N_TA and TAG for uplink timing adjustment and adjusting uplink transmission timing of the TAG according to N_TA.
US10750533B2	Method for transmitting or receiving uplink control information in wireless communication system, and device therefor A method for transmitting an uplink signal for a terminal configured to support one or more transmission time interval (TTI) lengths in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is supported by a terminal, may comprise the steps of: receiving uplink grant for a plurality of cells; and if transmission timing of an uplink data channel and transmission timing of an uplink control channel according to the uplink grant overlap, transmitting uplink control information, depending on a relationship between a TTI length of the uplink data channel and a TTI length of the uplink control channel, through the uplink control channel or an uplink data channel of one cell among the plurality of cells.
US10750523B1	Supplemental scheduling server Systems and methods for allowing multiple user devices to access a wireless local area network are disclosed. A user device receives supplemental scheduling information that is generated based on telemetry data collected from multiple access points of a data network. The user device requests an access point of the data network for accessing the wireless local area network according to a wireless usage type. The wireless usage type is determined based on an application running on the user device and the supplemental scheduling information. The user device receives an allocation of time-frequency divisions for accessing the wireless local area network from the access point.
US10750522B2	Methods and apparatus to handle enhanced distributed channel access parameters Methods and apparatus to handle enhanced distributed channel access parameters are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a frame generator to generate a data frame instructing a station to operate using a multi-user enhanced distributed channel access (MU EDCA); a communication scheduler to instruct radio architecture to transmit the data frame to the station; the frame generator to generate a buffer status request requesting a buffer status of the station; and the communication scheduler to: instruct radio architecture to transmit the buffer status request to the station; and when a response to the buffer status request corresponds to a non-null queue, scheduling the station to operate using EDCA.
US10750514B2	Network control apparatus, communication apparatus, network control method, communication method, communication system, and program A technique is provided that makes it possible to diversely control a radio network based on status other than that of the radio network. A network control apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first means for acquiring status related to a second network, which is accessed via a first network which wirelessly transfers data; and a second means for controlling at least one base station of the first network based on the status so as to change a relation of connection between the at least one base station and the second network.
US10750502B2	Systems and methods for self-contained air interface partitions Signal processing complexity in fifth generation (5G) networks can be reduced by communicating wireless signals over self-contained partitions of a carrier such that the wireless transmission communicated over each self-contained partition of the carrier includes all physical control channel signaling required to decode data carried in a physical data channel of the partition. The control signaling may include resource assignment within the partition, modulation and coding scheme indication, reference signal configuration and retransmission information. In some embodiments, an anchor partition of a carrier is used to communicate initial access information for self-contained partitions of the carrier. The initial access information may include center-frequencies, bandwidths, and/or air interface configurations of the self-contained partitions. The anchor partition may also carry load indications associated with the self-contained partitions.
US10750486B2	Terminal device, base station device, communication method, and integrated circuit Aspects of the disclosure relate to a terminal device including a reception unit configured to receive a first set of information used for permitting simultaneous transmission of a CSI and a HARQ-ACK using PUCCH format (3), and receive a second set of information used for permitting simultaneous transmission of a CSI and a HARQ-ACK using PUCCH format (4). The terminal device may also include a transmission unit for transmitting a HARQ-ACK and/or a CSI. Based at least on whether the first set of information, the second set of information, and the HARQ-ACK correspond to a PDSCH transmission on a secondary cell with a cell index less than or equal to a first predetermined value or whether the HARQ-ACK corresponds to a PDSCH transmission on a secondary cell with a cell index greater than the first predetermined value, processing operations related to HARQ-ACK and/or CSI transmission may be executed.
US10750477B2	Uplink resource allocation for transmitting information indicating an ACK/NACK for downlink data in a mobile communication system A mobile communication system and a communication method are provided in which, a base station apparatus can efficiently allocate, to a mobile station apparatus, an uplink resource for transmitting information indicating an ACK/NACK for downlink data. The mobile station apparatus that communicates with the base station apparatus, comprising: a scheduling unit configured to determine two physical uplink control channel resources for a transmission using a physical downlink shared channel in a case that a downlink transmission mode that supports the transmission of up to two downlink transport blocks using the physical downlink shared channel is configured for the secondary cell, and a physical downlink control channel that indicates the transmission using the physical downlink shared channel on the secondary cell is detected on the secondary cell.
US10750476B2	Synchronization signal transmission for mobility Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for use of SS transmitted using a UE-specific configuration of time-frequency resources. A BS may assign at least one UE-specific configuration, wherein the UE-specific configuration comprises an allocation of resources for a UE-specific SS for mobility management purposes. The BS may communicate with the UE based, at least in part, on the UE-specific configuration. A UE may correspondingly receive the UE-specific configuration and communicate with a BS based, at least in part, on the configuration.
US10750473B2	Light connection control method and apparatus The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.The present application provides a method for light connection control for a User Equipment (UE), comprising the following steps of: acquiring, by a first radio access network node, light connection information for a UE; storing, by the first radio access network node, the acquired light connection Information; and, performing, by the first radio access network node, light connection control of the UE based on the acquired light connection information for the UE. By adopting the technical scheme disclosed in the present application, the signaling overhead can be saved, and the delay of the UE access network can be reduced.
US10750472B2	Wireless transmitting and receiving device and vehicle There are provided: a first communication device; a second communication device that communicates wirelessly with the first communication device; and a state detector that outputs state data indicating a state of a predetermined installation place. The first communication device includes: a storage; and a data controller that selectively executes a transmitting operation to transmit the state data to the second communication device and a storing operation to store the state data in the storage. The second communication device includes a signal generator that generates a stop notification signal notifying that the second communication device in operation stops an operation, and stops the operation after transmitting the stop notification signal to the first communication device. The data controller executes the transmitting operation before the stop notification signal is transmitted from the second communication device, and executes the storing operation after the stop notification signal is transmitted from the second communication device.
US10750465B2	Method and apparatus for configuration agnostic radio synchronization In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, methods and apparatus are provided to allow exchange of synchronization sequences in a manner substantially agnostic of a configuration of the transmitter by provisioning of an in indication whether or not synchronization sequences may be combined with other synchronization sequences.
US10750458B2	Uplink timing advance configuration in a wireless network A wireless device receives at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of timing advance groups (TAGs). A TAG is configurable to consist of one or more downlink-only cells if the wireless device has a first capability, otherwise each TAG comprises one or more downlink-uplink cells. The wireless device receives at least one timing advance command (TAC) for a first TAG. The wireless device applies the TAC to uplink transmission timing of at least one downlink-uplink cell in the first TAG.
US10750454B2	High-frequency signal processing apparatus and wireless communication apparatus A high-frequency signal processing apparatus and a wireless communication apparatus can achieve a decrease in power consumption. For example, when an indicated power level to a high-frequency power amplifier is equal to or greater than a second reference value, envelope tracking is performed by causing a source voltage control circuit to control a high-speed DCDC converter using a detection result of an envelope detecting circuit and causing a bias control circuit to indicate a fixed bias value. The source voltage control circuit and the bias control circuit indicate a source voltage and a bias value decreasing in proportion to a decrease in the indicated power level when the indicated power level is in a range of the second reference value to the first reference value, and indicate a fixed source voltage and a fixed bias value when the indicated power level is less than the first reference value.
US10750445B2	Methods and apparatus to facilitate target wake time management between access points and devices Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate target wake time management between access points and devices. An example station based apparatus to facilitate target wake time operations between an access point and the station includes a data manager to determine at least one of a quantity of uplink data to be sent by the station or a quantity of downlink data to be received by the station, a connection manager to schedule a connection of the station to a device different than the access point, and a target wake time negotiator in communication with a component interface to at least one of receive a signal from or distribute a signal to the access point, the signal to modify a service period of the target wake time based on at least one of the quantity of uplink data, the quantity of downlink data, or the scheduled connection.
US10750435B2	Network address policy information received in a pre-associated state In some examples, a wireless device includes a communication interface to communicate with a wireless network, and at least one processor configured to, while the wireless device is in a pre-associated state, receive, from the wireless network, information including a network address policy of the wireless network. The at least one processor is configured to further, in response to the information including the network address policy, use an address of the wireless device according to the network address policy.
US10750434B2	Quasi co-location identification of reference symbol ports for coordinated multi-point communication systems Methods and apparatuses indicate and identify quasi co-located reference signal ports. A method of identifying by a UE includes identifying, from downlink control information, a CSI-RS port that is quasi co-located with a DM-RS port assigned to the UE. The method includes identifying large scale properties for the assigned DM-RS port based on large scale properties for the CSI-RS port. The method includes performing channel estimation and/or time/frequency synchronization using the identified large scale properties for the DM-RS port. Another method for identifying by a UE includes identifying, from downlink control information, a CRS port that is quasi co-located with a CSI-RS port configured for the UE. The method includes identifying large scale properties for the configured CSI-RS port based on large scale properties for the CRS port. The method includes performing channel estimation and/or time/frequency synchronization using the identified large scale properties for the CSI-RS port.
US10750429B2	Multihop wireless communication system, aggregation device, and wireless terminal There is provided a technique that enables flexible response to system configurations, application, and aims in a wireless connection sensor network system. A multihop wireless communication system includes an aggregation device and multiple wireless terminals connected to the aggregation device in wireless connection. The aggregation device includes, in a data request packet to request the data, a communication requirement to transmit data, and transmits the data request packet to the wireless terminal to be a data request destination terminal through the wireless terminal to be a relay terminal. The relay terminal and the data request destination terminal transmit a data packet including the requested data to the aggregation device in accordance with the communication requirement.
US10750427B2	Integrated power supply and antenna for repeater A repeater system for relaying wireless communications between a base station and one or more devices having: a repeater to relay network information from a base station to one or more devices; a donor antenna configured to receive and/or transmit network information between the repeater and the base station; a power supply external to the repeater; and, a server antenna integrated with the power supply, the server antenna configured to receive and/or transmit network information between the repeater and the one or more devices.
US10750424B2	Preemptive indication of inter-rat mobility Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described for inter-RAT mobility from a first radio access technology (RAT) to a second RAT, including cases in which different RATs correspond to different generations of networks. Approaches described herein include providing a preemptive indication of inter-RAT mobility for one or more geographic areas such to a user equipment (UE). The UE can thus use a mobility procedure to transition from the first RAT to the second RAT that is supported in the UE's location without first attempting an unsupported mobility procedure, reducing transition latency.
US10750423B2	Mobile cellular networks Multiple mobile cellular network (MCN) communication systems can be networked together to form a network of MCN communication systems (NOM). Each MCN communication system within the NOM can operate as an independent cellular network to provide communications between user equipment within a covered area. When a UE in one MCN of the NOM moves into a different MCN of the NOM, the corresponding MCN communication systems can handover the UE. The UE can also be handed over between MCN communication systems when the MCN communication systems move.
US10750417B2	Machine-to-machine (M2M) terminal, base station, method, and computer readable medium A Machine-to-machine (M2M) terminal (11) comprises a radio communication unit (111) and a controller (112). The radio communication unit (111) is configured to communicate with a base station (13). The controller (112) is configured to change at least one of a cell selection operation, a cell reselection operation, and a handover operation according to whether a specific coverage enhancement processing is required or according to whether the specific coverage enhancement processing is supported by at least one of a cell (13) in which the M2M terminal (11) camps on and a neighbouring cell (14) of the cell (13) which the M2M terminal (11) camps on. It is thus possible to provide an improved technique for allowing the M2M terminal that is supporting a special coverage enhancement processing for M2M terminals to camp on an appropriate cell.
US10750416B1	Proactive handover in response to prediction of precipitation While a device is served on a first wireless connection on a first carrier that has a first center frequency, a determination will be made that a threshold high probability of precipitation is forecast for a location of the first wireless connection. In response to at least that determination, but before the forecast precipitation occurs, the device will then be reconfigured from being served on the first wireless connection on the first carrier to instead being served on a second wireless connection on a second carrier that has a second center frequency lower than the first center frequency, with the reconfiguring being based on the second center frequency being lower than the first center frequency. Proactively switching the device to a lower carrier based on the prediction of precipitation may help to minimize rain fade and associated issues.
US10750415B2	Context-aware wireless roaming A wireless network infrastructure, comprising static and roaming mobile nodes (including one or more types of access-points), avoids unnecessary handoffs and unstable RF regions, and enables at least selected context-aware-capable mobile nodes to provide context-aware services to connected clients. More particularly, each of at least selected static nodes is enabled to provide the context-aware-capable mobile nodes with context information regarding the static node's relative position and direction, details of information served by the static node, special flags indicative of relevant impending changes in the foregoing parameters, and a range of signal strength values defining a stable RF zone for associated mobile nodes. Each context-aware-capable mobile node accordingly creates a context map that at least in part enables determination of the mobile node's next change in static node association and the preferred timing for the change.
US10750404B2	Systems and methods for mobile network guidance for over-the-top applications Systems and methods for providing mobile network guidance to applications communicating with devices via a mobile network.
US10750401B2	Method for transmitting or receiving frame in wireless LAN system, and device therefor A method by which a station (STA) transmits a frame including a buffer state report (BSR) in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: configuring the BSR of the STA to a first control sub-field among one or more control sub-fields aggregated in an aggregated-control (A-control) field; and transmitting the A-control field through a high throughput (HT) control filed included in a MAC header of the frame, wherein the first control sub-field for the BSR is configured as a short BSR when a second control sub-field in the A-control field includes uplink power headroom information of the STA.
US10750400B2	Processing a data packet received over control plane in congestion scenario Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for communicating data between a user-equipment and network entity. For example, certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communication. The method generally includes receiving a message comprising a data packet from a user equipment (UE) during a communication session, and detecting whether the data packet is the last data packet for transmission or reception by the UE during the communication session. In certain aspects, the method also includes determining whether to process or discard the data packet based on the detection and whether a backoff timer is to be sent to the UE, and processing or discarding the data packet based on the determination.
US10750396B2	Systems and methods for reference signals and CSI feedback System and method embodiments are provided for signaling reference signals and Channel State Information (CSI) feedback for wireless communications. An embodiment method implemented by a user equipment (UE) for wireless communications measurements and CSI feedback includes receiving, from a network, at least one of a first index that indicates a corresponding non-zero-power CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resource, a second index that indicates a corresponding zero-power CSI-RS resource, a third index that indicates a corresponding CSI-RS resource for interference measurement, and a fourth index that indicates a corresponding channel quality indicator (CQI) report configuration. The method also includes receiving, from the network, at least one of a fifth index that indicates a corresponding periodic CQI report in accordance with the CQI report configuration indicated by the fourth index, and a sixth index that indicates a corresponding aperiodic CQI report in accordance with the CQI report configuration indicated by the fourth index.
US10750389B2	Radio terminal, radio station, radio communication system, and methods implemented therein A radio terminal (2) is used in a radio communication system (100) and communicates with a radio station (1). The radio terminal (2) includes a measurement unit (20). The measurement unit (20) operates to perform, using a terminal measurement procedure for executing a first terminal measurement corresponding to radio access technology applied to the radio communication system (100), a second terminal measurement of a shared frequency shared by a plurality of radio systems including the radio communication system (100).
US10750378B2	System and method for creating and managing private subnetworks of LTE base stations Disclosed is a system and methods for creating and maintaining a virtual subnetwork of telecommunication base stations within a wider telecommunication network. In an LTE-based example, the subnetwork includes a connection aggregator that is coupled between the plurality of eNodeBs internal to the subnetwork and one or more MMEs in the outer network. The connection aggregator intercepts all control plane messages between the MMEs and the internal eNodeBs, remaps eNodeB identifiers, and transmits repackaged messages so that the outer network sees the entire subnetwork as a single “giant” eNodeB. The disclosed system and methods enables the operator of the virtual subnetwork to add and shut down eNodeBs as demand for connectivity fluctuates, and to do so such that all changes are unseen by the outer network.
US10750375B2	Time-division multiplexing for 5G network coverage extension Techniques for time-division multiplexing for extending 5th Generation (5G) network coverage are described herein. In an example, a device operating in a dual transmission mode for transmitting data via a first network node associated with a 5G network and a second network node associated with a 4th Generation (4G) network at or near a same time, can determine a measurement associated with a transmission and/or receiving characteristic. The device can determine that the measurement meets or exceeds a threshold and, based at least in part on determining that the measurement meets or exceeds the threshold, the device can transition to an alternating transmission mode for transmitting data via the first network node and the second network node in an alternating pattern thereby extending 5G network coverage.
US10750374B1	Managing regionalized vehicular communication A method determines a topology modification for a geographical area; determines a set of coverage region(s) in the geographical area that are adjacent to a target coverage region, the target coverage region being associated with a first regionalized server configured to communicate with vehicular traffic in the target coverage region, the set of coverage region(s) being respectively associated with a set of second regionalized server(s), each second regionalized server being configured to communicate with vehicular traffic in a corresponding coverage region of the set of coverage region(s); determines that a region count of the set of coverage region(s) satisfies a region count threshold; responsive to determining that the region count of the set of coverage region(s) satisfies the region count threshold, determines a morphing portion for each coverage region in the set of coverage region(s); and morphs the set of coverage region(s) based on the corresponding morphing portions.
US10750367B2	Facilitating a secure session between paired devices A host device can establish a verified session with a wearable device. The host device can determine whether the verified session is in progress. In accordance with a determination that the verified session is in progress, the host device can provide a user interface to request confirmation that the identifier is to be provided to the wearable device. The host device can receive an input at the user interface and, in accordance with a determination that the input indicates a confirmation that the identifier is to be provided to the wearable device, the host can identify a user identifier to provide to the wearable device, and transmit the user identifier to the wearable device.
US10750364B2	Single sign-in for IoT devices In one example of the technology, a first third-party service is registered with the IoT support service. A first IoT device of a plurality of IoT devices is caused to be provisioned with the IoT support service. An authentication token is received for the first IoT device. The authentication token is based on an authentication of the first IoT device with the first third-party service. The authentication token is verified. The first IoT device is authenticated with the IoT support service based on the verification.
US10750356B2	Configuration management method, apparatus, and system for terminal in internet of things The present document discloses a method, apparatus and system for a terminal configuration service of the Internet of Things, the method includes: receiving a management operation or capability of a terminal configuration service requested by an application entity, managing a requested target terminal according to the management operation or capability of the terminal configuration service, and providing an operation result and/or an operation state to the application entity, which achieves unified management of the terminal configuration services.
US10750347B2	Method and apparatus for providing customization of public safety answering point information delivery A method providing vehicle incident call services to a user is disclosed. A third-party service center receives a communication from a vehicle over at least one data channel. Signaling is automatically sent to the vehicle from the third-party service center and, in response to the signaling, die third-party service center receives from the vehicle, location information comprising at least the latitude and longitude coordinates of the vehicle. An interactive voice recognition (IVR) system located at the third-party service center is used to determine if the latitude and longitude coordinates are valid. If the coordinates are determined to be valid, the third-party service center provides the user with a selection of vehicle-incident non-emergency response services.
US10750346B1	Emergency incident detection platform Methods and systems for providing an emergency incident response are described. Data is received from a plurality of heterogeneous data feeds each having a native format and including one or more publically-available data feeds. Event data is extracted from the received data, the event data representing one or more events from one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous data feeds, and the event data is translated from the native format into a standardized analysis format. Further, an existence and a priority level of at least one emergency incident contemporaneous with the event data and based at least in part on the event data is determined, the priority level being selected from among a plurality of predefined priority levels, and a graphical user interface including a message describing the at least one determined emergency incident is displayed.
US10750343B2	Configuration technique for an emergency session A technique for configuring a user equipment (100) for establishing an emergency session is provided. The user equipment (100) is wirelessly connected to a communications network (102). As to a method aspect of the technique, configuration information indicative of one or more networks available for the establishing of the emergency session is received via the communications network (102). A list of networks available for the establishing of the emergency session is maintained based on the received configuration information.
US10750342B2	Wireless communication system and wireless communication device There is provided a wireless communication system including a plurality of wireless communication devices that transmits a signal relating to provision of service. The service includes a plurality of stages relating to provision. A plurality of the wireless communication devices correspond to a plurality of the respective stages and transmit the signal corresponding to the stage with radio field intensity corresponding to the stage. In addition, there is provided a wireless communication device including a transmitter that transmits a signal relating to a request of service and a receiver that receives a signal relating to provision of the service from a connection device connected on the basis of a signal relating to the request. The service includes a plurality of stages relating to provision. The transmitter transmits the signal relating to the request corresponding to the stage with radio field intensity corresponding to the stage.
US10750337B1	Coexistence of multiple air interface side-links on adjacent channels Various arrangements for using different air interfaces on adjacent frequency channels for side-link communications are presented. A first side-link channel may be split into a first bandwidth portion and the second bandwidth portion, in which the first bandwidth portion of the first side-link channel is directly adjacent to the second side-link channel. A first subcarrier spacing may be assigned to the first bandwidth portion of the first side-link channel. The second side-link channel may also use the first subcarrier spacing. A second subcarrier spacing may be assigned to the second bandwidth portion of the first side-link channel that differs from the first subcarrier spacing.
US10750336B2	System and method for managing a fleet of vehicles including electric vehicles A method, device, and system for managing a fleet of vehicles is disclosed. The method includes providing a telematics device for an electric vehicle of the fleet of vehicles, the telematics device being capable of obtaining data from the electric vehicle; using the telematics device to identify the electric vehicle based on the data obtained from the electric vehicle; providing a data definition set for the electric vehicle to the telematics device; and using the telematics device and the data definition set to determine whether the electric vehicle is in a vehicle mode based on the data obtained from the electric vehicle and the data definition set. The vehicle mode of the electric vehicle can be at least one of a charging mode, a driving mode, and a parked mode.
US10750332B2	Cloud-based device twinning A network-based service is utilized to facilitate twinning of two or more communication devices associated with a subscriber account. Incoming communication is intercepted by a communication device and forwarded to a network server, which in turn transmits the incoming communication to the multiple twinned devices. In addition, identifier data associated with outgoing communication is replaced with a primary identifier (e.g., customer telephone number (CTN)) of a user's primary device or a common identifier (e.g., a mobile one number (MON)) assigned to devices associated with the user's subscriber account. Communication devices can be temporarily twinned for a defined time period, during which a common bill can be generated for the twinned devices.
US10750330B2	Method and apparatus for implementing resending of short message A method for implementing resending of a short message includes, when an Internet Protocol short message gateway (IP-SM-GW) learns that in an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) domain, a short message fails to be sent to a receiver, sending, by the IP-SM-GW, the short message to a service center, so that the service center stores the short message; and when the receiver corresponding to the short message changes to available status, receiving, by the IP-SM-GW, the stored short message sent by the service center, and resending the short message to the receiver through the IMS domain, thereby implementing resending of a short message request failing to be sent, improving availability of sending the short message request in the IMS, and improving user experience.
US10750319B2	Techniques for location state determination by an electronic device The present disclosure provides for dynamically determining locations of an electronic device. For example, the electronic device may determine a location state transition condition using one or both of a location measurement or an activity status of the electronic device. The electronic device may further determine whether the location state transition condition satisfies a location state transition threshold triggering an entry or exit to or from a first location state. The electronic device may further transition from the first location state to a second location state different from the first location state based on a determination that the location state transition condition satisfies the location state transition threshold.
US10750297B2	Bone anchor fixture for a medical prosthesis A screw-shaped anchoring fixture for anchoring a prosthesis in the skull bone. The anchoring fixture comprises a main body configured to be implanted into the bone and a flange configured to function as a stop to prevent the main body from completely penetrating through the bone. The main body comprises a distal tapered apical portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The inner diameter of the second portion is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion. The method for inserting the anchoring fixture includes providing the anchoring fixture, drilling a hole, and inserting the anchoring fixture into the hole until the flange contacts the skull bone, wherein the hole has a diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion and less than the outer diameter of the second portion.
US10750290B2	Sound, light and electrical eye device for police use A sound, light and electrical eye device for police use includes a built-in system, a dual-magnetic steel magnetic circuit and a wing-shaped basin flame made of cast aluminum. The built-in system formed by a photoelectric plate, an aluminum pad and a copper bar is mounted below a transparent dustproof cover of a moving-coil speaker and at an axial center of the magnetic circuit. The photoelectric plate is provided with a camera, a light shading ring and LED modules; and the photoelectric plate is disposed on a top surface of the aluminum pad. The dual-magnetic steel magnetic circuit is formed by a primary magnetic steel, a secondary magnetic steel, a magnetic post and a magnetic bowl, and a through hole is arranged at the center of the magnetic circuit.
US10750282B2	Acoustic perimeter for reducing noise transmitted by a communication device in an open-plan environment The amount of far-field noise transmitted by a primary communication device in an open-plan office environment is reduced by defining an acoustic perimeter of reference microphones around the primary device. Reference microphones generate a reference audio input including far-field noise in the proximity of the primary device. The primary device generates a main audio input including the voice of the primary speaker as well as background noise. Reference audio input is compared to main audio input to identify the background noise portion of the main audio signal. A noise reduction algorithm suppresses the identified background noise in the main audio signal. The one or more reference microphones defining the acoustic perimeter may be included in separate microphone devices placed in proximity to the main desktop phone, microphones within other nearby desktop telephone devices, or a combination of both types of devices.
US10750280B2	Sound system This sound system includes a plurality of sound devices connected via a network, each sound device including: an audio acquirer; a sound source localizer that performs sound source localization; a sound source information exchanger that acquires sound source information relating to the audio acquired by another device; a sound source determiner that determines, when a sound source in the sound source information coincides with the sound source specified by the sound source localizer, whether or not a second sound pressure level of the sound source in the sound source information is higher than a first sound pressure level of the sound source specified by the sound source localizer; and a filter processor that performs filter processing of the audio of the sound source specified by the sound source localizer when the second sound pressure level is higher than the first sound pressure level.
US10750279B2	Signal processing device and signal processing method for detection of direction of movement of a region Provided is a signal processing device including a plurality of sound collection units that is arranged at given positions, and a detection unit configured to detect, from respective sounds that have occurred in accordance with a movement of a region to which attachment is performed and have been collected by the sound collection units, a direction of the movement of the region.
US10750270B2	Method and system for audio sharing The present invention provide a method and system of audio sharing aimed to revolutionize the way people listen and share music and to give multiple uses to a wireless headphone referred to as HEDphone. A communication protocol referred to as HEDtech protocol is used in a HED system to allow users to share music amongst a plurality of HEDphones while using a single audio source. A wireless connection is established between the HEDphone and a mobile device including an audio source while simultaneously having the capability of allowing other HEDphone users to join wirelessly and listen to the same audio source. A feature of Super Human Hearing (SHH) goes beyond conventional ANR (ambient noise reduction) with additional features that allow the user to control their aural environment by being able to directionally increase or decrease selective frequencies.
US10750268B2	Capacitive wireless charging for wireless earbuds A case for a pair of earbuds including a housing having first and second cavities formed within the housing, the first cavity configured to receive a first earbud in the pair of earbuds and the second cavity configured to receive a second earbud in the pair of earbuds; a lid attached to the housing; a first pair of electrodes positioned within the housing adjacent to the first cavity; a second pair of electrodes positioned within the housing adjacent to the second cavity; and charging circuitry coupled to the first and second pairs of electrodes, the charging circuitry including a high frequency inverter configured to receive a DC power signal and output a high frequency AC signal to each of the first and second pairs of electrodes.
US10750252B2	Identifying device state changes using power data and network data Devices state changes in a building may be determined using a combination of power monitoring and network monitoring. Power monitoring may be performed by obtaining a power monitoring signal and processing the power monitoring signal with models to determine information about state changes of one or more devices in the building. Network monitoring may be performed by receiving information about network packets transmitted by a device in the building and processing the information about the network packets to determine information about a different device or a state change of a different device in the building. For some devices and some implementations, information about state changes of a device may be determined by using both power monitoring and network monitoring.
US10750251B2	Information providing apparatus, information providing method, and storage medium Provided is an information providing apparatus (10) including a reliability determination unit (11) that determines a reliability of an inference result obtained by inferring an operation state of a monitored electric device group, on the basis of time-series measurement data and training data, the time-series measurement data including any one of current consumption and power consumption of the monitored electric device group and the training data associating each of a plurality of the operation states which can be assumed by the electric device group with a feature value of each of the plurality of operation states, and an output unit (12) that outputs information related to the reliability.
US10750248B1	Method and apparatus for server-side content delivery network switching A computer implemented method and apparatus for dynamically switching video segment locations (CDNS) during live content/ad manipulation in a completely transparent way to video players. The computer implemented method and apparatus is configured to use a per-user video manifest delivery to track CDN performance based on CDN switch logic from received manifest/playlist requests.
US10750246B2	Distributed architecture for mobile streaming content delivery A system for providing a distributed architecture for mobile streaming content delivery is disclosed. In particular, the system may include bypassing a master head end facility and its accompanying fiber distribution network to deliver a content stream directly to mobile cell sites. In order to do so, the system may receive, at a cell cite, a content stream directly from a content satellite and then format the content into a format suitable for delivery to a subscriber device. The system may receive, such as via a radio access network, a request from the subscriber device to access the content stream. In response to the request from the subscriber device, the system may deliver the formatted content stream to the subscriber device. The distributed architecture may also allow for delivering the content stream jointly with voice data services, such as those provided in a Long-Term Evolution network or other network.
US10750245B1	User interface for labeling, browsing, and searching semantic labels within video Systems and methods for browsing, searching, and/or viewing video with associated semantic labels via a user interface are presented herein. Presentation of a user interface may be effectuated. The user interface may be configured to display scenes of one or more videos and/or one or more semantic labels associated with the scenes. A first scene associated with a first video and a first semantic label associated with the first scene may be displayed in the user interface. Playback of the first video in the user interface may cause one or more changes in the display of semantic labels over time, such that responsive to playback of the first video including display of a second scene after the first scene, a second semantic label is displayed and the first semantic label is no longer displayed. The second semantic label may be associated with the second scene.
US10750240B2	Devices, systems, and methods for selecting media content based on advertisement detection Devices, systems, and methods are provided for assisting user selection of media content viewed utilizing a media receiver. In an embodiment, the method includes the step or process of establishing whether high interest media content is currently displayed via the media receiver. If high interest media content is currently displayed via the media receiver, it is determined when user input is received causing the media receiver to display other media content following commencement of an advertisement set disrupting viewing of the high interest media content. When so determined, the media receiver then monitors for cessation of the advertisement set. If the media receiver does not resume display of the high interest media content prior to cessation of the advertisement set, the media receiver further performs at least one specified action in response to cessation of the advertisement set.
US10750238B1	Correlating playback information of video segments Correlating information associated with playback of video segments is disclosed. Information associated with playback of a first video segment is obtained. Information associated with playback of a second video segment is obtained. The information associated with playback of the first video segment is correlated with the information associated with playback of the second video segment based at least in part on at least one of a client application identifier, a video session identifier, and a set of timestamps. Output is provided based at least in part on the correlating.
US10750231B2	Predictive pre-buffering Described herein are systems and methods for predictive pre-buffering of content for a user. Embodiments include a prediction system that can receive trending information from social media sources and other streaming video sources. The prediction system can also receive user viewing history to identify the programs the user has viewed, the genres of the programs the user has viewed, and amount of programming the user consumes. Based on the user's viewing history, the prediction system can identify preferred genres for the user and other preferred content information. Based on the trending programs and the user's preferred genres, the prediction system can predict which of the trending programs that the user may watch. Based on the prediction, the system can pre-buffer some portion of the programs that the system predicted the user may watch in a cache of the device on which the user watches programming.
US10750229B2	Synchronized multi-media streams including mood data Systems and methods for generating synchronized multimedia streams including mood data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises: obtaining, by a computing device, one or more primary streams of data; creating, by the computing device, digital mood data that is synchronized with the one or more primary streams of data, wherein the digital mood data is configured for use by a wearable mood device; and storing, by the computing device, the digital mood data in a multimedia container with the one or more primary streams of data.
US10750224B2	Dynamic scheduling and channel creation based on user selection A content packaging and distribution system that distributes at least one channel to be viewed on at least one consumer devices, receives, from a source device, a media feed of a first channel of the at least one channel, and determines first media item for insertion in the media feed of the first channel. The first media item is determined based on criteria related to a user-selection on a first consumer device of the plurality of consumer devices, and criterion is based on selection of at least one second media item from a plurality of media items of the first consumer device. The content packaging and distribution system dynamically schedules the determined first media item in the media feed of the first channel for transmission, over a distribution system, to the first consumer device. The determined first media item is dynamically scheduled based on the criteria related to the user-selection.
US10750204B2	System and method for processing data A processing system and method are provided for reconstituting a block of pixels from bins generated by a Mojette Transform, using a processing and calculation unit (UTC), a bin memory (MB), and a pixel memory (MP). The unit is configured to carry out the operations of reconstructing the pixels, which are performed by reading the bins in the bin memory, reading the reconstructed pixels in the pixel memory, and writing the reconstructed pixels in the pixel memory, such that the steps of reconstructing the pixels do not include an operation of writing bins in the bin memory.
US10750198B2	Maximum palette parameters in palette-based video coding In an example, a method of processing video data includes coding at least one of data that indicates a maximum palette size of a palette of color values for coding a block of video data or data that indicates a maximum palette predictor size of a palette predictor for determining the palette of color values. The method also includes coding the block of video data in accordance with the data.
US10750194B2	Scalable video coding using reference and scaled reference layer offsets A process for determining the selection of filters and input samples is provided for scalable video coding. The process provides for re-sampling using video data obtained from an encoder or decoder process of a base layer (BL) in a multi-layer system to improve quality in Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding (SHVC). In order to accommodate other applications such as interlace/progressive scalability and to increase the resolution of the alignment between layers, it is proposed that the phase offset adjustment parameters be signaled.
US10750191B2	Coding of significance maps and transform coefficient blocks A higher coding efficiency for coding a significance map indicating positions of significant transform coefficients within a transform coefficient block is achieved by the scan order by which the sequentially extracted syntax elements indicating, for associated positions within the transform coefficient block, as to whether at the respective position a significant or insignificant transform coefficient is situated, are sequentially associated to the positions of the transform coefficient block, among the positions of the transform coefficient block depends on the positions of the significant transform coefficients indicated by previously associated syntax elements. Alternatively, the first-type elements may be context-adaptively entropy decoded using contexts which are individually selected for each of the syntax elements dependent on a number of significant transform coefficients in a neighborhood of the respective syntax element, indicated as being significant by any of the preceding syntax elements.
US10750190B2	Video decoding method and device in video coding system According to the present invention, a method by which a decoding device performs video decoding comprises the steps of: parsing a merge index of a current block; configuring a merge candidate list on the basis of neighboring blocks; selecting a merge candidate indicated by the merge index among merge candidates included in the merge candidate list; deriving L0 motion information and L1 motion information of the current block on the basis of the selected merge candidate; deriving an L0 weight and an L1 weight of the current block; and generating a prediction sample of the current block by weighted-summing an L0 reference sample and an L1 reference sample on the basis of the L0 weight and the L1 weight.
US10750186B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method for coding An information processing apparatus includes a processor. the processor determines a sign of a first value on a basis of a result of an operation of a sum of products of a plurality of color-difference residuals and a plurality of luminance residuals, and calculates the first value on a basis of a first product of a sum of luminance residuals that are negative values among the plurality of luminance residuals and a constant when the sign of the first value is determined to be positive, and calculates the first value on a basis of a second product of a sum of luminance residuals that are positive values among the plurality of luminance residuals and the constant when the sign of the first value is determined to be negative.
US10750176B2	Chroma quantization parameter extension The quantization parameters (QP) for Chroma are extended up to and more preferably to the same range as Luma QP (e.g., 0 to 51). Previous, values of Chroma QP only extended up to 39. Techniques are provided for determining extended Chroma QP values (e.g., for Cr and Cb) based on the Luma QP and picture level chroma offsets. In one preferred embodiment, slice level offsets are added making the method particularly well-suited for slice level parallel processing. The extension of Chroma QP enhances functionality, flexibility and friendliness of the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard for various applications.
US10750175B2	Quantization partitioning for enhanced image compression An image-processing apparatus and method for quantization partitioning for enhanced image compression, includes storage of an input image in a first storage space having a first storage access bandwidth. The image-processing apparatus selects a plurality of QP values from a defined QP range for a first block of a plurality of blocks of the input image. The plurality of QP values are selected from the defined QP range based on defined criteria. The image-processing apparatus is configured to encode, by the selected plurality of QP values, the first block to generate an encoded bit stream of the first block. The encoded bit stream of the first block is storable in a reduced second storage space in the memory with a reduced second storage access bandwidth.
US10750170B2	Image filtering method and device in image coding system A picture filtering method performed by an encoding device, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: deriving, from a current picture, regions for adaptive loop filtering (ALF); deciding ALF coefficients by picture unit or region unit; on the basis of the ALF coefficients, determining, by region unit, whether ALF is usable; re-deciding ALF coefficients for an ALF-usable first region; deriving a filter shape for the first region; on the basis of the re-decided ALF coefficients, determining, by unit of coding units (CUs) in the first region, whether ALF is usable; performing filtering for ALF-usable CUs on the basis of the derived filter shape and the re-decided ALF coefficients; and transmitting at least one among information on the ALF-usable first region and information on the ALF-usable CUs. According to the present invention, efficient filtering appropriate for image properties per region may be applied.
US10750165B2	Object simulation unit for testing a camera objective and diagnostic system An object simulation unit for testing a camera objective has an optical axis and has a front side with respect to the optical axis at one side. The object simulation unit comprises a light exit surface at the front side of the object simulation unit, a coupling device that is adapted to couple the front side of the objection simulation unit to a light entry side of a camera objective, and a light beam generation device that has at least one light source and that is adapted to generate at least one light beam that passes through the light exit surface such that the at least one light beam apparently starts from a virtual object located at a distance from the light exit surface that is larger than the distance between the light beam generation device and the light exit surface. A diagnostic system may comprise such an object simulation unit.
US10750163B2	Autostereoscopic display device and display method An autostereoscopic display includes a steerable display backlight, having a light output arrangement for providing lines of light output and a first lenticular lens array, with each lens focused near a corresponding line of light output. A display panel is illuminated by the backlight and a second lenticular array generates at least two views to different viewing directions. Head and/or eye tracking is used for tracking at least two viewers. Views are provided to the two eyes of a tracked viewer at the same time, and views are provided to the two eyes of different tracked viewers time-sequentially.
US10750156B2	Three-dimensional camera for capturing image to provide virtual reality Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) camera for capturing an image for providing virtual reality (VR), the 3D camera including a plurality of cameras; and a position sensor configured to track a position of the 3D camera, wherein the plurality of cameras are arranged at each vertex of a polyhedron, and at least three cameras are arranged at each vertex of the polyhedron.
US10750153B2	Camera system for three-dimensional video In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor and multiple pairs of cameras, where each camera of a first pair of cameras is separated from each other by one camera of a second pair of cameras. Each camera of the first pair of cameras has a first orientation, and each camera of the second pair of cameras has a second orientation that is different from the first orientation.
US10750152B2	Method and apparatus for structure imaging a three-dimensional structure A system for determining the surface topology and associated color of at least a portion of a three-dimensional structure includes a hand-held device. A scanning system may be configured to provide depth data of the portion. An imaging system may be configured to provide two-dimensional color image data of the portion associated with the plurality of data points. A processor may be operably coupled to the hand-held device and configured to associate the depth data with the color image data.
US10750148B2	Unevenness correction system, unevenness correction apparatus and panel drive circuit An unevenness correction system according to the present invention includes a panel drive circuit provided with a gamma correction circuit that performs gamma correction on an image signal input to an input interface, a gamma correction information acquisition circuit that acquires a gamma correction signal obtained through gamma correction as gamma correction information, an unevenness correction circuit that performs an unevenness correction on the gamma correction signal based on correction data, and an output interface that externally outputs the gamma correction information, and an unevenness correction apparatus provided with a pattern generator that outputs the image signal of a predetermined image to the input interface, and a control unit that generates correction data based on gamma correction information of each individual display panel input to and read by a gamma correction information reading unit from the output interface regarding the output image signal.
US10750140B2	Laser display system A laser display system includes a red light semiconductor laser module (1), a green light semiconductor laser module (2), a blue light semiconductor laser module (3), a decoherence device (7, 8, 9), light valves (12, 13, 14), collimating and shaping devices (4, 5, 6), a heat dissipating modules (16-1, 16-2, 16-3), a temperature control module (17) and a semiconductor laser control module (18). The wavelength range output by the red light semiconductor laser module (1) is from 635 nm to 670 nm; the wavelength range output by the green light semiconductor laser module (2) is from 515 nm to 530 nm; the wavelength range output by the blue light semiconductor laser module (3) is from 440 nm to 460 nm.
US10750134B1	System and method for managing service and non-service related activities associated with a waste collection, disposal and/or recycling vehicle Systems and methods are provided for using video/still images captured by continuously recording optical sensors mounted on waste collection vehicles used in in the waste collection, disposal and recycling industry for operational and customer service related purposes. Optical sensors are integrated into the in-cab monitor as well as the onboard computer, digital video recorder and other external devices.
US10750128B2	Wireless integration of security camera and door lock An apparatus includes an audio output device, an audio input device and a processor. The audio output device may be configured to generate an audio message. The audio input device may be configured to receive audio input. The processor may be configured to analyze the audio input to perform a first authentication of a user and determine a command corresponding to the audio input, determine a confidence level of a classification of a user based on the first authentication and authenticate the user if the confidence level is above a pre-determined threshold. The classification may correspond to an approved list of users. The confidence level may be adjusted in response to one or more authentication factors. If the user is authenticated, the processor may be configured to perform the command.
US10750124B2	Methods and system for simulated 3D videoconferencing A system and method for manipulating images in a videoconferencing session provides users with a 3-D-like view of one or more presented sites, without the need for 3-D equipment. A plurality of cameras may record a room at a transmitting endpoint, and the receiving endpoint may select one of the received video streams based upon a point of view of a conferee at the receiving endpoint. The conferee at the receiving endpoint will thus experience a 3-D-like view of the presented site.
US10750116B2	Automatically curating video to fit display time A system is configured to synchronize a first video, a second video, and an audio track. The system analyzes image content associated with the first video and the second video to obtain a first subset of images of the first video and a second subset of images of the second video. The system then determines a music beat of the audio track to be synchronized with one of the first subset of images or the second subset of images. The system then adjusts a framerate of the first subset of images or the second subset of images based on the determined music beat to synchronize the first subset of images or the second subset of images. The first subset of images and the second subset of images may then be combined, which the system then plays back from a designated playback slot along with the audio track.
US10750109B2	Differential digital double sampling method and CMOS image sensor for performing same A method for performing differential double sampling and a CMOS image sensing device for performing the same. In one example, the CMOS image sensing device includes a pixel array include a multitude of pixels with each pixel formed by a plurality of photodiodes, a floating diffusion point and a plurality of transistors electrically coupled the plurality of photodiodes. Moreover, a column readout circuit with four storage capacitors is selectively coupled to the pixel array by switches so that the storage capacitors can store sampled pixel values. A control circuit connected to the pixel array and the column readout circuit selectively activates the transistors to output to the column readout circuit sampled dark value and bright values of one photodiode and a sampled double bright value of the one photodiode and one additional photodiode.
US10750108B2	Image sensor with correction of non-uniform dark current An imaging system comprises an image pixel array, a dark pixel array, and a controller. The image pixel array includes a plurality of pixel clusters adapted to generate image signals. The dark pixel array is adapted to generate one or more black reference signals corresponding to a global black level value of the imaging system. The controller includes logic that when executed by the controller causes the system to perform operations including determining local black level values for each of the pixel clusters and correcting a first image signal included in the image signals based, at least in part, on the global black level and a first local black level value included in the local black level values.
US10750105B2	Imaging apparatus, operation method of imaging apparatus, and operation program of imaging apparatus Provided are an imaging apparatus capable of preventing deterioration in quality of a captured image to be captured in a case where imaging is performed by using the driving according to the global shutter method and the driving according to the rolling shutter method in combination, an operation method thereof, and an operation program thereof. The digital camera includes an imaging element 5 that has a plurality of pixels 61 each including a photoelectric conversion element 61A and a charge holding section 61B, and a driving controller 11A that performs driving control of the imaging element 5 according to a global shutter method while continuously performing driving control of the imaging element 5 according to a rolling shutter method. The driving controller 11A makes a first time, which is necessary for reading a signal obtained from one of pixel rows 62 under the driving control according to the rolling shutter method, longer than a second time which is necessary for reading the signal obtained from one of the pixel rows 62 under the driving control according to the global shutter method.
US10750098B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and image processing circuit An image processing device configured to synthesize a first image and a second image shot in two or more exposure times different in length in a parallel way within one frame time, includes: a level adjuster configured to adjust the first image and output a corrected first image having a luminance level substantially aligned with a luminance level of the second image; a movement detector configured to calculate absolute values of differences between positionally corresponding pixel pairs in the corrected first image and the second image and accumulate the calculated absolute value on an image block basis to obtain a movement detection amount on the image block basis; a movement blending ratio calculator configured to smoothen the amounts of detected movement and calculate a movement blending ratio between positionally corresponding pixel pairs based on the smoothened amounts of detected movement; and an image synthesizer configured to generate a movement-adaptive image by synthesizing pixels at the corresponding positions at the movement blending ratio.
US10750097B2	Varying exposure time of pixels in photo sensor using motion prediction A photo sensor array is divided up into multiple blocks that are operated with different exposure times. A prediction algorithm is used to predict the overall light brightness of each block and determine the exposure time of each block. Each block may also include memory to store the exposure time for the pixels in the block as well as analog-to-digital resolution for the block.
US10750096B2	Mobile zoom using multiple optical image stabilization cameras Some embodiments include a camera system having a first camera unit and a second camera unit. The first camera unit may include a first actuator. The second camera unit may include a second actuator. In some embodiments, the first actuator may move one or more components of the first camera unit to provide autofocus and/or optical image stabilization functionality to the first camera unit. In some embodiments, the second actuator may move one or more components of the second camera unit to provide autofocus and/or optical image stabilization functionality to the second camera unit. In some examples, the first camera unit may be configured to capture a first image of a first visual field. The second camera unit may be configured to capture, simultaneously with the first camera unit capturing the first image, a second image of a second visual field.
US10750092B2	Systems and methods for stabilizing videos Visual content is captured by an image capture device during a capture duration. The image capture devices experiences motion during the capture duration. The intentionality of the motion of the image capture device is determined based on angular acceleration of the image capture device during the capture duration. A punchout of the visual content is determined based on the intentionality of the motion of the image capture device. The punchout of the visual content is used to generate stabilized visual content.
US10750091B2	Actuator driver, imaging device using the same, and imaging method An imaging device includes an imaging lens, an imaging element that captures an image transmitted through the imaging lens, a blur detection part configured to detect a blur, an actuator configured to determine a position of the imaging lens, and an actuator driver configured to control the actuator in accordance with a blur detection signal from the blur detection part. The shift of the image occurring when forcibly changing the position of the imaging lens is corrected by shift of an effective pixel area of the imaging element according to the forcible change amount of the position of the imaging lens.
US10750086B2	Mobile terminal and operating method thereof Disclosed herein are a mobile terminal and an operating method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a short-range communication module configured to perform short-range communication with an omnidirectional capture device for capturing an omnidirectional image, a display unit configured to display the omnidirectional image received through the short-range communication module and to receive user input, and a controller configured to set an area, in which a moving image is generated, in the omnidirectional image and to generate the moving image in the set area. Therefore, it is possible to acquire the moving image of the moving object in the omnidirectional image.
US10750085B2	Camera device for capturing a surrounding area of a driver's own vehicle and method for providing a driver assistance function A camera device (2) for capturing a surrounding area of a driver's own vehicle has optoelectronics including a high-resolution image capturing sensor and a wide-angle optical system for capturing at least one initial image of the surrounding area. The optoelectronics are configured to generate, from the at least one initial image, a processed output image (4) that has, compared to the associated initial image, at least one non-modified image section (4a) and a resolution-reduced remainder image region (4b) bordering on the at least one non-modified image section (4a).
US10750060B2	Camera module, method of manufacturing camera module, imaging apparatus, and electronic apparatus The present disclosure relates to a camera module capable of achieving a smaller height, a method of manufacturing a camera module, an imaging apparatus, and an electronic apparatus. An imaging device having its imaging surface bonded to a provisional substrate is attached, and the imaging device in that state is joined to a substrate via an electrode having a TSV structure. After the provisional substrate is detached, an IR cut filter (IRCF) on which a light blocking film is printed or jet-dispensed in a region other than the effective pixel region is bonded to the imaging surface via a transparent resin. Because of this, there is no need to provide any sealing glass in the stage before the imaging surface, and the optical length of the lens can be shortened. Thus, a smaller height can be achieved. The present disclosure can be applied to camera modules.
US10750052B2	Image forming apparatus granting access and authorization to client or server to perform remote support service according to list of operations selected by the image forming apparatus A method of controlling an image forming apparatus is provided. The method includes requesting a remote support service from a terminal or a server connected to the terminal, receiving a request for an access authorization regarding an operation related to the remote support service from the terminal, granting the access authorization to the terminal based on a user input or a pre-set setting, receiving a control command for the remote support service from the terminal, and executing an operation corresponding to the control command according to the access authorization granted to the terminal.
US10750050B2	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE Processing apparatus, program storage medium, system, and method for controlling system for use in biometric authentication An image processing apparatus provided with a biological information sensor receives an authentication request including a verification parameter from a service providing system, transmits the verification parameter to an information processing apparatus provided with an authentication module for biometric authentication, and a tamper-resistant storage device configured to store a user's biological information required when an authentication process is performed by the authentication module and a private key generated with respect to the biological information, transmits the biological information acquired by the biological information sensor using an encryption technique to the information processing apparatus, receives signature data, created using the private key extracted when biometric authentication based on the transmitted biological information has succeeded and the verification parameter, from the information processing apparatus, and transmits the signature data to the service providing system.
US10750048B2	Printing apparatus and control method of printing apparatus including a carriage configured to mount a print head and a camera for capturing an image of a chart printed on a transported print medium There is provided a printing apparatus including: an ink jet head that prints on a print medium; a camera that captures an image on the print medium; a carriage that mounts the ink jet head and the camera; and a processor that generates image data based on a captured image obtained by capturing a chart by the camera, the chart being printed on the print medium by the ink jet head, in which the processor generates at least one of image data representing an image of an image range smaller than a capturing range of the camera and image data representing an image of a resolution lower than a resolution of the captured image, for an adjustment item.
US10750046B2	Portable scanner and scanning method thereof The present disclosure relates to a portable scanner capable of increasing the precision of focus and a scanning method using the same. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the portable scanner, which generates a three dimensional (3D) image from a subject, includes a focus state output device to determine a present focus state with respect to a set focal length from a subject and to output the present focus state such that a user recognizes the present focus state.
US10750044B2	Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and method for processing information An information processing system having an information processing apparatus and programs includes an application memory unit storing applications executing a series of processes using electronic data, in which program identification information, parameter setup information, and flow identification information are defined, a use screen memory unit storing use screen information of defining a form; a first receiving unit receiving a first request including the application identification information; a first sending unit sending the use screen information; a second receiving unit, an acquiring unit acquiring the flow information identified by the flow identification information included in the second request, and an executing unit causing the program identified by the flow information to be executed using the parameter included in the second request in conformity with the execution order to execute the series of processes using the electronic data based on the information related to the electronic data.
US10750041B2	Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a detection unit provided at a position separated from a positioning portion by a predetermined distance in a first direction, a discriminator configured to determine a length, in the first direction, of a document, and a setting unit that sets a start position to a first position if a detection position at which the detection unit detects the document is not included in a range, in a second direction, of the transparent member that is covered by the document, and sets the start position to a second position if the detection position is included in the range and the detection unit does not detect the document, wherein, in the first direction, the distance between the first position and the positioning portion is larger than the distance between the second position and the positioning portion.
US10750036B1	Rapid workflow design using machine learning A system and method for rapid workflow design utilizing machine learning includes a scanner, a convolutional neural network, a converter, a graph generator, and a controller. The scanner may convert a paper copy of a process flow into a pixelated image. The convolutional neural network is configured to segment the pixelated image into objects including at least one of an action, a decision, a connector, or a combination thereof. The converter is configured to transform the objects into a connectivity matrix. The graph generator is configured to transform the connectivity matrix into a rectilinear graph. The controller is configured to identify automated actions, semi-automatic actions, and actions requiring operator input from graphical icons provided on the paper copy and, based on the rectilinear graph, to serialize the automated actions, the semi-automatic actions, and the actions requiring operator input as control commands to a printing system.
US10750033B2	Electronic package interception, parsing, and routing A secure file transfer system and a secure file transfer method for routing an electronic file or a high-definition facsimile translated from the electronic file, from a sending computing device over a digital electronic communication network to a receiving computing device. The method may include receiving, from the sending computing device, an electronic package including a modified destination identifier including a domain associated with a secure file transfer system. The electronic package may include an electronic file as an attachment. The modified destination identifier may be a modified email address having one or more other characters substituted for an original at-symbol.
US10750031B2	Tariff data determining method and apparatus for creating the same A tariff data determining method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a call detail record set, wherein each call detail record includes a charging condition, a charging unit and a fee deduction that are under the charging condition; grouping a plurality of call detail records to obtain a call detail record group, wherein a same value corresponding to a charging unit in the call detail record group has a correspondence with a unique fee value corresponding to a fee deduction; analyzing the call detail record group to obtain a data feature; selecting a target tariff model corresponding to the data feature; determining a parameter value corresponding to each tariff parameter in the target tariff model; and determining tariff data based on the parameter value, the target tariff model, and the charging condition.
US10750027B1	Call control in telephony-capable communications networks A method of operating a call control node in a telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of: establishing a telephony call between a first user and a second user; receiving a call control instruction, the call control instruction being for associating a to-be-established new call leg, between the call control node and a communications server, with the telephony call; establishing the new call leg between the call control node and the communications server; connecting the new call leg to the telephony call on the basis of the call control instruction, to make the communications server a party to the telephony call.
US10750024B2	Techniques for behavioral pairing model evaluation in a contact center system Techniques for behavioral pairing model evaluation in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing model evaluation in a contact center system comprising determining an ordering of a plurality of agents, determining an ordering of a plurality of contact types; analyzing, historical contact-agent outcome data according to the orderings of the pluralities of agents and contact types to construct a pairing model; and determining an expected performance of the contact center system using the pairing model.
US10750011B2	Accessible and updateable service records A service coordinator server and method are provided for performing operations including receiving a request by a requester for a first component of a requested service over a communication network, transmitting to the requester a provision of the first component of the requested service over the communication network, and storing information regarding the first component of the requested service in a requester service record in a memory of the server. The operations also include receiving a request by the requester to review the requester service record stored in the server memory, and the server authorizing the requester to access the stored service record. The operations further include permitting the requester to access and revise the service record stored in the memory of the service coordinator server.
US10750009B1	Using calling party number for caller authentication Embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product that authenticates a caller using calling party information. In an embodiment, an authentication device receives the call request and associated calling party information that includes a calling party number. The authentication device retrieves parameters associated with the calling party number, where a retrieved parameter is a number of accounts linked to the calling party number. The authentication device determines whether the number of accounts is between one and a threshold value, inclusive, and verifies that the call request originates from a location or a device associated with the calling party number. Based on the verifying and determining, the authentication device generates an authentication result that indicates whether the calling party number is authenticated. Then, the authentication device sends the authentication result to a call processing device that processes the call request from the caller according to the authentication result.
US10750004B2	Communication system for pairing user devices with medical devices A user device and a breath analysis device (or other types of portable devices) use a pairing and communication protocol that address user convenience and connectivity issues. For example, a breath analysis device is associated with a unique identifier and the unique identifier is associated with an account corresponding to the user. Likewise, a user device is associated with a user device identifier and the user device identifier is associated with the account corresponding to the user. The breath analysis device and the user device can use at least one of the identifiers to determine whether the user device is authorized to pair with the breath analysis device, and vice-versa. If authorized, the breath analysis device and user device can pair with one another. Once paired, the user device may wirelessly communicate with the breath analysis device for various purposes, such as to retrieve and display breath analysis test results.
US10750001B2	Contact-note application and services A contact-note application is disclosed herein that runs in a computing device. When a phone call event occurs, the contact-note application is notified and responsively surfaces a prompt over a user interface to a phone call application. When the prompt is selected, the contact-note application surfaces a user interface to the contact-note application. The user interface provides the end-user with a view of a note associated with a contact on the phone call such that they user may create, edit, and consume the note.
US10750000B1	Opportunistic initiation of voice or video calls between smart speaker devices A method and system are provided for opportunistically initiating a multimedia call between two or more devices such as smart speakers at a time when users of the respective smart speakers are available to participate in a call. A server system receives an instruction from a first smart speaker associated with a first user to establish a real-time communication session with a second smart speaker. In response to that instruction, the server system monitors availability of both the first user and the second user at their respective smart speakers. On determining that both the first user and the second user are available at the same time, the server system initiates the real-time communication session between the first smart speaker and the second smart speaker.
US10749998B2	Electronic device and USB type-C interface used for electronic device This application relates to a hardware interface, and in particular, to a USB Type-C interface used for an electronic device. In this application, a step is disposed on the USB Type-C interface to place a display screen. This shortens a distance from a front display screen of the electronic device to an edge of the electronic device, and increases a screen-to-body ratio.
US10749988B2	Methods, systems, and media for retrieving content associated with links Methods, systems, and media for retrieving content associated with links are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: transmitting, from a user device to a server, a request for content corresponding to a page to be presented on the user device; receiving, from the server, the content corresponding to the page and a mapping of one or more links included in the content corresponding to the page to one or more page types associated with each of the one or more links; storing, on the user device, the received mapping; causing the content of the page to be presented on the user device; receiving a selection of one of the one or more links included in the content corresponding to the page; identifying a page type corresponding to the selected link based on the stored mapping; transmitting, to the server, a request for content associated with the selected link; causing user interface elements of a user interface associated with the identified page type to be presented on the user device while waiting for the requested content from the server; and in response to receiving the requested content from the server, causing the received content to be presented within the user interface.
US10749982B2	Multiple geography service routing Methods and systems for routing a user request for a service to a version of the service in a geographical region associated with the user are described herein. The service may be deployed in multiple geographical regions, and the service may have multiple versions in each of the geographical regions. A user device may send a request for a service to a first server in a geographical region. The first server may determine whether the user is associated with the geographical region. Responsive to determining that the user is not associated with the geographical region, the first server may ask one or more servers in other geographical regions whether the user is associated with any of the other geographical regions.
US10749979B1	Packetcable controller for voice over IP network Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for an access gateway control function server to convert between network-based call signaling messages and session initiation protocol messages. An embodiment operates by receiving in a first access gateway control function server, a first session initiation protocol (SIP) message sent from a first device and converting the SIP message in the first access gateway control function server to a first network-based call signaling (NCS) message to be received by a second device.
US10749977B1	Pushing news feed content to client devices A system transmits selected news feed stories to a client device in advance of receiving a request for news feed stories. As a result, stories are immediately available for viewing when a user interacts with the system. The system selects news feed stories to push based on criteria such as a likelihood that a user will interact with a story and the sizes of pushed stories. For example, the system selects news feed stories such that a total size of stories selected does not exceed a threshold value based on local memory at the client device. The system may determine a scheduled time at which the stories are selected and pushed. The scheduled time is based on factors including patterns of network connection speed or past user interactions, for example, a time range of the day during which the user most frequently viewed pushed stories.
US10749976B2	Method and system for monitoring an activity of a user A method for tracking an activity of a user, the method includes: downloading, over a network, web page content that comprises a tracking code; tracking, at least partially by executing the tracking code by a user computer, user activities that are responsive to at least a portion of the downloaded web page content, wherein the tracking comprises generating user activity information; compressing and buffering a portion of the user activity information; and transmitting to a tracking entity, at least a compressed portion of the user activity information when a first transmission criterion is fulfilled.
US10749975B2	Circle model powered suggestions and activities The circle model powered suggestions and activities system provides a way to efficiently and effectively manage relationships. The circle model powered suggestions and activities system provides a way to model relationships for a user and assist the user with creating groupings of relevant constituents into context circles, provide suggested activities to members of the modeled relationships as well as facilitate the user with managing the user's relationships. The system analyzes public and private data, and tracks the user's interactions and the interactions of the constituents' of the user in order to generate suggested activities (including conversation starters) for the users and the constituents of the users. The system refines the semantic analysis and learning algorithms used to perform the analysis by analyzing the activities engaged in by the users and the constituents of the users related to suggested activities.
US10749967B2	User interface for remote authorization The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for managing a remote authorization to proceed with an action, such as creating a secure network connection. In some examples, a requesting device receives selection of one or more options. The requesting device transmits a request to proceed with an action to an authenticating device. The authenticating device concurrently displays an indication of the request to proceed with the action, information about the selected one or more options, and an indication of the requesting device. The authenticating device receives authorization to proceed with the action and transmits a response to the requesting device regarding the request to proceed with the action.
US10749965B2	Systems and methods for capturing and logging web application traffic Systems and methods for capturing, logging, and diagnosing issues associated with web-based applications are disclosed. The systems and methods can include an interceptor application to intercept web-based (e.g., hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)) requests and responses between web-based applications and third-party application servers. The systems and methods can also include an accumulator application to store request data and response data for a predetermined amount of time or until a predetermined number of requests and responses have been collected. The systems and methods can then send the accumulated data in a list or other data structure to a data logging server for storage in a database. The database can be used to diagnose issues arising on user equipment (UE), including issues caused by web-based applications.
US10749960B2	Autonomous vehicle application programming interface and communications systems and methods Systems and methods for facilitating communication with autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system (e.g., of a vehicle) can generate a first communication associated with an autonomous vehicle. The computing system can provide the first communication to an application programming interface gateway that is remote from the autonomous vehicle. Another computing system can obtain, via an application programming interface gateway, the first communication associated with the autonomous vehicle. The other computing system can determine a first frontend interface of the application programming interface gateway based at least in part on the first communication associated with the autonomous vehicle. The computing system can provide, via the first frontend interface, the first communication associated with the autonomous vehicle to a first system client associated with the first frontend interface.
US10749956B2	Aggregated access to storage subsystem A computing system for managing storage relative to a storage subsystem is provided. The computing system includes a processor and a first interface configured to interact with a deployed software system using a representational state transfer communication technique. A second interface is configured to interact with the storage subsystem in accordance with the representational state transfer technique. The computing system is configured to interact with the storage subsystem via the second interface in response to a request from the deployed software system via the first interface and to provide an output to the deployed software system through the first interface based on the interaction with the storage subsystem.
US10749954B2	Cross-data center hierarchical consensus scheme with geo-aware leader election A device comprises a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions, a network interface, and one or more processors in communication with the memory storage and the network interface. The one or more processors execute the instructions to receive, via the network interface, a write request from a client device; send, via the network interface, the received write request to a set of follower devices; receive, via the network interface, a first acknowledgment from a majority of the follower devices of the set of follower devices that the write request was processed; send, via the network interface, the received write request to a set of peer devices; receive, via the network interface, second acknowledgments from a majority of the set of peer devices that the write request was processed; and send an acknowledgment of the write request to the client device in response to the receipt of the first acknowledgments and the second acknowledgments.
US10749951B2	Selection of leader nodes in distributed data services An aspect of the present disclosure facilitates selection of leader nodes in distributed data services. In one embodiment, a distributed data service is provided operative based on multiple nodes. Upon receiving from a user a selection of a set of nodes that are preferred as leader nodes, a node contained in the set of nodes is set as a leader node in the distributed data service in view of the selection by the user. Accordingly, a user is provided control over the selection of leader nodes in the distributed data service.
US10749947B2	Method and apparatus for signaling of buffer content in a peer-to-peer streaming network Methods, devices and computer program products for facilitating the selection of a sourcing peer in peer-to-peer (P2P) streaming environment are disclosed. These methods allow peers to select candidate source peers in an informed manner with low overhead and minimized complexity. These and other features are accomplished by signalling detailed information regarding the buffer contents to one or more requesting peers. This information includes the presence or absence of requested content segments and a listing of gaps in the requested content segments, which allow the requesting peers to select an appropriate sourcing peer. The selection of a sourcing peer is also effected by considering network connectivity and/or network congestion status between the sourcing and the requesting peers.
US10749940B2	Distributed load processing using drift-based dynamic clusters of internet of things devices For distributed processing using drift-based dynamic clustering of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, at a central device, a data source to be used for processing a workload is determined. A set is selected of devices operating within a threshold distance from the data source at a first time. A first subset of the set of devices is selected to form a cluster of devices. Each device in the first subset satisfies a clustering condition. A first device in the first subset is instructed to configure an application at the first device to participate in the cluster and process the workload. From a performance check on the first device, a change is discovered in a performance metric. In response to the change resulting from an increased demand for a computing resource at the first device, the first device is replaced with a second device from the first subset.
US10749938B1	Switchboard server using a high-level programming interface Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to routing communications for a plurality of switchboard interfaces, each switchboard interface corresponding to a data communications-enabled device of a respective receptionist. According to a specific example, a computing server is configured and arranged to provide data communications for a plurality of endpoint devices. A processing circuit can be communicatively coupled to the computing server and configured and arranged to receive communication event data from the computing server. For each of the plurality of disparate client entities, and in response to a subscription request from a switchboard interface for the client entity, the processing circuit can initiate a new subscription for the switchboard interface. While the subscription is active, the processing circuit can provide pseudo-event message data indicating a data metric specified in a respective set of control data for the client entity derived from programming instructions received over a message exchange protocol.
US10749929B2	Providing eyewear equipment using a same identifier among designer, manufacturer, and purchaser A method implemented by computer means for providing at least part of eyewear equipment adapted to a wearer is described. The method comprises a wearer data receiving step (S1). The method comprises a wearer data storing step (S2). The method comprises an identifier sending step (S3). The method comprises an eyewear equipment design sending step (S4). The method comprises an eyewear equipment data receiving step (S5). The method comprises an eyewear equipment data storing step (S6). The method comprises an eyewear equipment data sending step (S7).
US10749924B2	Method and system for generation of media A method of generating media programming includes providing a first media source having a plurality of media elements, tags associated with each of the media elements, and one or more first media source templates for assembling of the media elements into media programming. The method further includes providing a second media source, the second media source having at least a second template and receiving a request for media programming at the second media source. The method further includes in response to the request, generating media programming including selected ones of the media elements assembled in accordance with at least the second template.
US10749923B2	Contextual video content adaptation based on target device Methods and apparatus for contextual video content adaptation are disclosed. Video content is adapted based on any number of criteria such as a target device type, viewing conditions, network conditions or various use cases, for example. A target adaptation of content may be defined for a specified video source. For example, based on receiving a request from a portable device for a live sports feed, a shortened and reduced resolution version of the live sport feed video may be defined for the portable device. The source content may be accessed and adapted (e.g., adapted temporally, spatially, etc.) and an adapted version of content generated. For example, the source content may be cropped to a particular spatial region of interest and/or reduced in length to a particular scene. The generated adaptation may be transmitted to a device in response to the request, or stored to a storage device.
US10749917B2	Broadcast signal transmission apparatus, broadcast signal reception apparatus, broadcast signal transmission method, and broadcast signal reception method A method for transmitting a broadcast signal, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise the steps of: generating broadcast data for at least one broadcast service; generating first level signaling information including information describing attributes for the at least one broadcast service; generating second level signaling information including information for listing the at least one broadcast service; generating link layer packets including encoded broadcast data, the first level signaling information and the second level signaling information; and generating broadcast signals including the generated link layer packets.
US10749909B2	Method and apparatus for centralized policy programming and distributive policy enforcement A method and apparatus for centralized policy programming and distributive policy enforcement is described. A method comprises centrally maintaining a plurality of policy definitions for one or more subscribers, generating policy configurations using the plurality of policy definitions, each of the policy configurations being specific to one of the plurality of policy definitions, and disseminating the policy configurations to the appropriate ones of the subscribers' networks.
US10749906B2	Methods and systems for protecting a secured network Methods and systems for protecting a secured network are presented. For example, one or more packet security gateways may be associated with a security policy management server. At each packet security gateway, a dynamic security policy may be received from the security policy management server, packets associated with a network protected by the packet security gateway may be received, and at least one of multiple packet transformation functions specified by the dynamic security policy may be performed on the packets.
US10749898B2	Relay attack prevention A system including at least one hardware processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon program instructions, the program instructions executable by the at least one hardware processor to: receive, using a first transceiver, a radio-frequency (RF) transmission from an RF device; extract, from said RF transmission, at least one of: (i) noise samples from one or more segments of said RF transmission, and (ii) signal samples from one or more segments of said RF transmission; and determine the presence of a second transceiver in the path of said RF transmission, based, at least in part, on processing said extracted noise samples and signal samples.
US10749894B2	Prefetch intrusion detection system In one embodiment, a device in a network generates a machine learning-based traffic model using data indicative of a particular node in the network attempting to retrieve content from a particular resource in the network. The device predicts, using the traffic model, a time at which the particular node is expected to attempt retrieving future content from the particular resource. The device causes the future content from the particular resource to be prefetched in the network prior to the predicted time. The device makes a security assessment of the prefetched content. The device causes performance of a mitigation action in the network based on the security assessment of the prefetched content and in response to the particular node attempting to retrieve the future content from the particular resource.
US10749890B1	Systems and methods for improving the ranking and prioritization of attack-related events Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprise an analytic server, which provides a SilverlineRT system that prioritizes and analyzes security alerts and events. The server builds an attack tree based on attack detection rules. The server monitors large-scale distributed systems and receives alerts from various devices. The server determines attacks using the attack tree while excluding false alarms. The server determines impact and risk metrics for attacks in real-time, and calculates an impact score for each attack. The server ranks and prioritizes the attacks based on the impact scores. The server also generates real-time reports. By consider the mission and system specific context in the analysis alert information, the server gives insight into the overall context of problems and potential solutions, improving decision-making. By showing the impacts of alters, the server allows security personnel to prioritize responses and focus on highest value defense activities.
US10749887B2	Assessing security risks of users in a computing network Various embodiments assess security risks of users in computing networks. In some embodiments, an interaction item is sent to an end user electronic device. When the end user interacts with the interaction item, the system collects feedback data that includes information about the user's interaction with the interaction item, as well as technical information about the electronic device. The feedback is compared to a plurality of security risk scoring metrics. Based on this comparison, a security risk score for the user with respect to a computing network.
US10749884B2	Systems and methods for detecting and preventing spoofing Techniques for ascertaining legitimacy of communications received during a digital interaction with a client device. The techniques include: receiving a communication; identifying from the communication a first secured token; processing the first secured token by: obtaining, from the first secured token, information indicating a state of the digital interaction; and using the information indicating the state to determine whether the communication is from the client device; and when it is determined that the communication is from the client device, causing at least one action responsive to the communication to be performed; updating the information indicating the state of the digital interaction to obtain updated information indicating the state of the digital interaction; and providing a second secured token to the client device for use in a subsequent communication during the digital interaction, the second secured token comprising the updated information indicating the state of the digital interaction.
US10749881B2	Comparing unsupervised algorithms for anomaly detection Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for ranking anomaly detection algorithms, including operations of receiving a set of unlabeled data from one or more sensors in a plurality of sensors of an internet of things, generating a plurality of data distributions corresponding to the set of unlabeled data by using a plurality of anomaly detection algorithms, and ranking the plurality of anomaly detection algorithms relative to the set of unlabeled data based on a distance between a first quantile and a second quantile of each of the plurality of data distributions.
US10749878B2	Communication system, count value synchronization method, and count value synchronization program product A communication system includes multiple nodes connected with each other. Each of the multiple nodes generates a message authentication code using a count value of a counter. The multiple nodes include a transmission node and a reception node. The count value of the counter is includes a high-order count value and a low-order count value. In the transmission node, a normal message generation portion generates a normal message to include a transmission data, the low-order count value, and the message authentication code, and a synchronization message generation portion generates a synchronization message. In the reception node, a message verification portion verifies the received normal message, a resynchronization request portion transmits a resynchronization request of the counter to the transmission node, and a count value update portion updates the high-order count value stored in the reception count value storage portion when the synchronization message is received.
US10749875B2	Security configuration lifecycle account protection for minors Described technologies enhance cybersecurity and facilitate computing system account usage by configuring a primary account and a supplementary account together in a security configuration lifecycle. The primary account user may be a parent or other adult, while the supplementary account user may be a child or other person with less capacity than the primary user. Over time, the accounts may transition together through security configurations to give more capabilities to the supplementary user, e.g., login separate from the primary user, and to reduce the control of the primary user over the supplementary account. Security configuration lifecycle stages are implemented, e.g., using capability-security pair data structures and account security configuration code. Despite the security configuration linkage of the accounts, each account may have its own personalized content and its own recommendation history. Lifecycle position identification supports automatic reasoning to select an age-appropriate consent obtention procedure, and facilitates documentary media timeline creation.
US10749858B2	Secure login information An example device includes a processor coupled to a network and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory includes computer code for causing the processor to establish a secure connection between a manageability application and an interconnect device, the interconnect device being in communication with a newly connected networked device; and securely communicate, from the manageability application to the interconnect device, temporary login information for the networked device.
US10749855B2	Securely managing digital assistants that access third-party applications Systems herein allow a digital assistant to make requests to applications, such as third-party applications, that access data in an enterprise mobility management (“EMM”) system. The digital assistant can link to a portal application and receive a token that identifies a user. A remote application on a user device can establish a session with the portal application as part of a single sign on (“SSO”). The session can identify the same user. The portal application can then link the digital assistant to the remote application. When the digital assistant makes a request to the portal application, a notification can be pushed to the remote application. The user can confirm the request, establishing an authorized session during which time the digital assistant can make additional requests to the portal application. The portal application can service the requests by accessing third-party applications available through the portal application and authorized for access by the SSO.
US10749847B2	Hardware trusted data communications over system-on-chip (SOC) architectures A data communication system exchanges user data between a first System-On-Chip (SOC) and a second SOC. The SOCs hash and transfer their read-only hardware-trust keys and receive hardware-trust digital certificates. The SOCs exchange and validate the hardware-trust digital certificates. The first SOC encrypts user data and transfers the encrypted user data responsive to the hardware-trust validations. The second SOC receives the encrypted user data, decrypts the encrypted user data, and processes the decrypted user data responsive to the hardware-trust validations. In some examples, the second SOC encrypts and transfers other user data responsive to the hardware-trust validations, and the first SOC receives, decrypts, and processes the other user data responsive to the hardware-trust validations. The first and/or the second SOC could be wireless communication devices.
US10749839B2	Identification of a significant communication from a revived contact A system identifies a significant communication from a revived contact. A user and the contact interact, and the interaction is monitored to determine a weighted significance value to attribute to the contact. The interaction may include communication, a designation of significance by the user, and organizational associations. The weighted significance value is attributed to the contact. A subsequent communication is detected and a weighted time difference value for the subsequent communication is determined. If the subsequent communication satisfies a significant communication condition, then the subsequent communication is designated as a significant communication.
US10749837B2	Network access control based on profile type In some examples, a telecommunications-network packet gateway can receive, from a terminal via a packet tunnel, a lookup request for a network address associated with a server name. The packet gateway can determine a profile identifier associated with the packet tunnel and retrieve, from a policy server, an associated profile type. The packet gateway can then select a nameserver associated with the profile type, and forward the lookup request to the nameserver. The nameserver can store a name list. Upon receiving a request, the nameserver can determine whether the server name is included in the name list and, in response, send a reply. In some examples, the packet gateway receives a request from the terminal for content, determines a profile type, selects a destination server associated with the profile type, and forwards the request to the destination server.
US10749835B2	Method and system for tracking an email message The method comprises embedding, by an application (11), a first tracking mark in an email message (50) to be send to a recipient device (20) via a second server (200), and sending metadata (40) about the email message (50) to a first server (100); storing, by the second server (200), a first copy of the email message (51) and forwarding the email message (50) to said recipient device (20); and detecting when the recipient device (20) opens the email message (50) by the recipient device (20) requesting the embedded first tracking mark to said first server (100), wherein before or after said detecting being performed, said first copy of the email message (51) is replaced with a second copy of the email message (52) including no tracking mark, having embedded therein a second tracking mark or having embedded therein an inactive mark instead of the first tracking mark.
US10749834B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system for sending a message with an image attached thereto There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an information processing system that are capable of proactively supporting continuous communication, the information processing apparatus including: an acquiring unit that acquires a predetermined number of message content items, as candidates to be sent, from a plurality of message content items classified as a category corresponding to an image used for communication among a plurality of categories into which the message content items are classified; and an option creating unit that creates an option for prompting a selection of the message content item to be sent from the predetermined number of message content items acquired by the acquiring unit, and exhibits the option at a predetermined timing. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus that constitutes a communication support system.
US10749833B2	Messaging system having send-recommendation functionality A method is provided for determining when to send an electronic message. The method may include receiving the electronic message for a recipient, and making a prediction associated with the electronic message being positively received by the recipient based on an attribute of the electronic message and an additional attribute of the recipient. The method may also include selectively sending or deferring sending of the electronic message based on the prediction.
US10749832B1	Methods and apparatuses for managing limited engagement by external email resource entity within a group-based communication system Method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for programmatically managing limited engagement by an external email resource entity with a group-based communication interface of a group-based communication system are described herein.
US10749822B2	Chat bot conversation manager The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for tracking of a conversation and management of multi-channel, multi-interaction customer conversations across multiple chat bots. One example system includes operations to receive a first signal comprising a first set of conversational input received via interactions with a conversational interface from a client device, the conversational interface associated with a plurality of chat bots and manages interactions between the client device and the plurality of chat bots. The received conversational input is analyzed to determine a context of the received conversational input based on characteristics of the received conversational input. A request is transmitted to an identified first chat bot associated with the determined context and a response is received from the identified first chat bot. The response is transmitted to the client device for presentation.
US10749818B1	Electronic mail communications A method includes receiving an email on a first email client, providing a user interface on the first email client, wherein the user interface displays a plurality of potential responses to the email, and receiving a selection by a user on the user interface of a response of the plurality of potential responses. The method also includes automatically transmitting a reply to the email to an email server of a second email client in response to the selection of the response. The plurality of potential responses can comprise at least one of a single word, a single phrase, a single sentence, an emoticon and an emoji.
US10749812B2	Dynamic network flows scheduling scheme in data center The present invention relates to Data Center Network (DCN) flow scheduling scheme. It provides a dynamic scheduling algorithm and a hybrid of centralized and decentralized scheduling system to improve the performance of DCN and data parallel application. The scheduling system uses a central controller to collect the real-time bandwidth of each node, and schedule the priority as well as transmission rate of each network flow set combined by application context (Coflow [1]). The centralized scheduling avoids a sophisticated system design and hardware (switch) modification to comparing with full decentralized solutions. The combination of centralization and decentralization decreases the average completion time of Coflows, and eventually improve the performance of data parallel applications.
US10749808B1	Network flow management for isolated virtual networks A network address assigned to a virtual network interface of a packet transformation node of a flow management service is identified. A packet of a particular network flow associated with an application implemented at an isolated virtual network is sent to the network address. Using a rewrite directive generated at a rewriting decisions node of the service and cached at the packet transformation node, a transformed packet corresponding to a packet received at the packet transformation node is generated and transmitted to a destination.
US10749807B2	Wireless network optimization Methods and apparatuses are provided for optimizing a wireless network. A description of a traffic incident is received. An impact area is generated from the description. A geographic polygon is generated based on the impact area. The network usage of the geographic polygon is determined. A message including the network usage for the geographic polygon may be transmitted to a mobile network operator.
US10749802B2	Channeling elements in an analytics engine environment Embodiments include techniques for channeling elements in an analytics engine environment, techniques include analyzing a current process, and identifying critical data element types associated with the current process. The techniques also include receiving a real-time data stream including a plurality of data elements, and pre-filtering the plurality of data elements, wherein the pre-filtering determines one or more of the plurality of data elements are associated with the critical data element type. The technique includes selecting a channel of a plurality of channels to fast-path the one or more of the plurality of data elements based at least in part on the pre-filtering, and increasing a confidence level corresponding to the current process and the critical data element type based on a state of the current process.
US10749796B2	Method and apparatus for selecting processing paths in a software defined network Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including receiving, from a first network slice comprising a set of virtual network functions instantiated in a network, a first request including a first characteristic for a first service associated with a first communication device, receiving, from service layer equipment, first information associated with plurality of network slices, selecting, according to the first characteristic and the first information, a second network slice of the plurality of network slices for facilitating providing a plurality of available services via the network, directing the first network slice to route user plane communication traffic between the first communication device and the second network slice, and directing, by the processing system, the second network slice to facilitate providing the first service to the first communication device via user plan communication traffic. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10749784B2	Test system and method for IoT e2e testing A test system for Internet-of-Things (IoT) end-to-end (e2e) testing is provided. The test system comprises a network simulator and a device under test. The device under test is adapted to initiate a communication with the network simulator and to send a Domain Name System (DNS) query and/or a Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT) request to the network simulator. The network simulator is adapted to determine a platform according to which the device under test intends to communicate based on the Domain Name System query and/or the Message Queue Telemetry Transport request.
US10749778B2	Communication system determining time of arrival using matching pursuit A wireless receiver receives location pilots embedded in received symbols and uses the location pilots to detect the first path for every base station the network has designated for the receiver to use in time of arrival estimation. The receiver preferably applies matching pursuit strategies to offer a robust and reliable identification of a channel impulse response's first path. The receiver may also receive and use estimation pilots as a supplement to the location pilot information in determining time of arrival. The receiver can use metrics characteristic of the channel to improve the robustness and reliability of the identification of a CIR's first path. With the first path identified, the receiver measures the time of arrival for signals from that path and the receiver determines the observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) to respond to network requests for OTDOA and position determination measurements.
US10749773B2	Determining a location of optimal computing resources for workloads Embodiments provide optimized deployment of workloads. A first workload to be deployed in at least one data center of a plurality of data centers is received. A first plurality of candidate data centers is selected from the plurality of data centers, and the first workload is deployed to each of the first plurality of candidate data centers. A first performance metric is collected from each respective data center of the first plurality of candidate data centers based on execution of the first workload deployed at the respective data centers, and a first optimal data center from the first plurality of candidate data centers is identified based on the first performance metrics. The first workload is removed from each of the first plurality of candidate data centers, other than the identified first optimal data center.
US10749772B1	Data reconciliation in a distributed data storage network A computing resource monitoring service receives a command to read a metric pertaining to computing resources provided to the customer. The command may comprise a hash key for the metric. Based on the key, the service may select one or more data zones, each of the data zones comprising one or more storage nodes wherein metrics are stored. The service may be configured to obtain a schedule of storage nodes from the data zones in order to determine the active storage nodes based at least in part on the key. The service may receive a response comprising the metric from one or more storage nodes from the one or more active nodes based at least in part on the key. The service may apply agreement criteria to the responses. If the responses do not meet the criteria, the service may perform a reconciliation process to generate a compiled response.
US10749771B2	Extensible, secure and efficient monitoring and diagnostic pipeline for hybrid cloud architecture Systems are provided for facilitating the disclosed methods for performing event storage and diagnostic processing within a hybrid cloud environment. Event records are gathered and batched at an on-premises server. The event records are also appended with correlation vector data that enables the event records to be correlated with other events. The batch of event record batches are signed with a security key associated with a cloud storage container and the on-premises server is restricted to writing the batch of event records to the container. In some instances, the size of the batch is based on a duration of time for collecting records, which can be adjusted to accommodate for missing data.
US10749761B1	Unique user session tracking in adaptive bitrate video delivery An apparatus having a device of a user and a computer is disclosed. The computer may be configured to (i) transfer a manifest to the device in response to a viewing session being opened. The manifest generally has a plurality of modified links to a plurality of bitrates of a video content. Each one of the modified links may include an identifier that is unique to the viewing session. The computer may also be configured to (ii) receive a particular one of the modified links from the device, (iii) log a presence of the viewing session, and (iv) generate a request by removing the identifier from the particular modified link.
US10749755B2	Network topology self-adapting data visualization method, device, apparatus, and storage medium The present application discloses a network topology self-adapting data visualization method, device, apparatus, and storage medium. The network topology self-adapting data visualization method includes: preprocessing nodes, output the preprocessed nodes; processing the preprocessed nodes by the force guidance layout algorithm to form an initial network topology graph; performing de-duplication processing for the duplicated preprocessed nodes in the initial network topology graph and outputting the de-duplicated nodes; and forming an object network topology graph on the basis of the de-duplicated nodes. By means of the network topology self-adapting data visualization method, data visualization and automation can be achieved, the data visualization processing procedure is simplified, manual intervention is not needed, the manual intervention cost can be effectively reduced, and the processing efficiency is improved.
US10749753B2	System and method for generating discovery profiles for discovering components of computer networks Generating discovery profiles for discovering components of a computer network using agent software can include receiving a command from a client device to generate a discovery profile for an agent software instance. A network subnet and at least one network gateway address can be obtained from the agent software instance, which network subnet and at least one network gateway address can be associated with a network interface of the computing device operating the agent software. At least one other network subnet can be obtained from the agent software instance by sending instructions to the agent software instance to identify the at least one other network subnet using the at least one network gateway address. A discovery profile including the network subnet and the at least one other network subnet can then be generated for the agent software instance.
US10749741B1	Methods and systems for auto-discovery of VXLAN VTEPs using PIM BSR Described herein are systems and methods that provide for auto-discovery of VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEPs) using a protocol-independent multicast (PIM) bootstrap router (BSR). In one or more embodiments, a node may be configured via PIM messaging in which nodes of a network provide their candidate-rendezvous point (RP) advertisements send their information of candidate-RP to multicast group information to an elected BSR. The elected BSR consolidates the candidate-RP to multicast group information and propagates this information to nodes through PIM messages to all PIM routers in the network. In one or more embodiments, a node uses this information in combination with its local configuration mapping of VNIDs-to-multicast-group information to generate a remote VTEP-IP-(RP)-to-VNID mapping, which can be used to auto configure the node's VXLAN with remote-VTEP and VNI profiles in static VXLAN deployments.
US10749737B2	Interoperability gateway for land mobile radio system Disclosed is an interoperability gateway system that provides backup connection between a dispatch center and a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system in the event the dispatch center is disconnected from the LMR system. In general, this may be accomplished by providing an RF link between the disconnected site and the interoperability gateway via a controller, or interoperability site network interface (ISNI), that is activated when the dispatch center is disconnected from the LMR system. The interoperability gateway provides the backup connection by allocating a control station for each channel available at the disconnected LMR system. When compared to conventional dispatch console backup schemes, the disclosed interoperability gateway system greatly reduces the equipment needed to provide dispatch console backup, thereby decreasing equipment and operation costs, and simplifying operation by providing a solution that is virtually transparent to the dispatcher.
US10749733B2	Apparatus and method for controlling network device based on network service in communication system An operation method of a server in a communication system may comprise receiving device information from each of a plurality of devices; generating service modeling information for each of a plurality of services; generating category modeling information for sub-services of each of the plurality of services based on the device information and the service modeling information; receiving service information; generating device modeling information corresponding to the category modeling information based on the service information; and transmitting the device modeling information to each of the plurality devices corresponding to the device modeling information, wherein the device modeling information includes configuration information for a network service function corresponding to a device corresponding to the device modeling information.
US10749722B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting ACK/NACK A technology enabling a terminal to receive acknowledgement (ACK)/negative ACK (NACK) information about data transmitted from the terminal is provided. The method includes receiving cyclic shift information for a reference signal from the base station; transmitting, to the base station, the data and a reference signal which is cyclic-shifted using a cyclic shift value, the cyclic shift value being determined based on a dynamic cyclic shift value mapped one-to-one to the cyclic shift information for the reference signal; and receiving, from the base station, the ACK/NACK information about the transmitted data through a radio resource of a downlink channel, the radio resource of the downlink channel being identified based on a modifier mapped one-to-one to the cyclic shift information for the reference signal.
US10749715B2	Systems and methods for cable headend transmission Systems and methods for cable transmission are provided. The system includes an up-tilt circuit, a digital-to-analog converter, and a power amplifier. The up-tilt circuit is configured to receive an input digital signal that has a flat spectrum and generate an up-tilted digital signal that has an up-tilted spectrum. The digital-to-analog converter is configured to receive the up-tilted digital signal and to provide an analog signal. The power amplifier is configured to receive the analog signal and amplify the analog signal for cable transmission.
US10749709B2	Distributed file system using torus network and method for operating the same Disclosed herein is a distributed file system using a torus network. The distributed file system includes multiple servers. The location of a master server may be determined to shorten the latency of data input/output. The location of the master server may be determined such that the distance between the master server and a node farthest away from the master server, among nodes, is minimized. When the location of the master server is determined, the characteristics of the torus network and the features of a propagation transmission scheme may be taken into consideration.
US10749697B2	Electronic apparatus and control method thereof An example electronic apparatus includes an information generator configured to generate information used to one function of a user terminal, a communicator configured to communicate with the user terminal, the server and a plurality of external apparatuses having a plurality of operation modes, and a controller configured to control the communicator: to attempt an access to the server at a first operation mode; in response to determining that the server is in a normal communication state based on the access attempt, to provide information generated by the information generator to the user terminal via the server; and in response to determining that the server is in a communication pending state based on the access attempt, to transmit a first mode changing signal for operating in a second operation mode, which restricts the access to the server, to at least one of the plurality of external apparatuses.
US10749695B2	Physical unclonable function for non-volatile memory A system and method for utilizing a security key stored in non-volatile memory, and for generating a PUF-based data set on an integrated circuit including non-volatile memory cells, such as flash memory cells, are described. The method includes storing a security key in a particular block in a plurality of blocks of the non-volatile memory array; utilizing, in a security logic circuit coupled to the non-volatile memory array, the security key stored in the particular block in a protocol to enable access via a port by external devices or communication networks to data stored in blocks in the plurality of blocks; and enabling read-only access to the particular block by the security logic for use in the protocol, and preventing access to the particular block via the port.
US10749689B1	Language-agnostic secure application development The disclosed technology for a hardware system to access a secure backend system uses non-volatile memory to hold encrypted secrets, volatile memory to hold decrypted secrets ready for use, a keys-for-all (K4A) server, and app servers running K4A clients. To access the backend system in production, each app server uses a decrypted secret and a certificate that identifies the app server and certifies its role and physical and logical location. At initialization of the app server, a K4A client is instantiated that launches and tracks processes, running on the app server, that are authorized to request decryption services. The K4A client responds to a decryption request from an authorized process, determined based on tracking of processes launched, by requesting decryption by a K4A server, using the certificate, and returns to the process, in volatile memory, a decrypted secret or a reference to the decrypted secret, decrypted by the K4A server.
US10749679B2	Authentication and authorization using tokens with action identification Systems and techniques are provided in which a token is used to manage user access to actions and features within an application platform. The token includes an indication of each action and/or feature to which the user has permission within the platform, thereby allowing for rapid and efficient development and management of user access to features within the platform.
US10749674B2	Format preserving encryption utilizing a key version In one example, a system for format preserving encryption utilizing a key version can include a processor, and a memory resource storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a quantity of significant bits for a value to be encrypted, mask the value to include the quantity of significant bits, perform format preserving encryption on the masked value to generate an encrypted value, and append a key version to the encrypted value.
US10749671B2	Secure computation system, server apparatus, secure computation method, and program A secure computation system configured to perform multi-party computation on a value of a predetermined function whose argument includes secret data, comprises a plurality of server apparatuses; wherein the plurality of server apparatuses, comprise: storage units that store shares that are bases over (of) a finite field generated by performing secret sharing on the secret data; share expansion units that generate extended shares by expanding the shares; OR operation units that perform OR operations included in the predetermined functions using the extended shares; and NOT operation units that perform NOT operations included in the predetermined functions using the extended shares.
US10749665B2	High-precision rational number arithmetic in homomorphic encryption In aspects of high-precision rational number arithmetic in homomorphic encryption, a computing device stores homomorphic encrypted data as a dataset, and implements an encryption application that can encode integers into plaintext polynomials, where the integers are representative of initial data received for encryption. The encryption application can encrypt the plaintext polynomials into ciphertexts of the homomorphic encrypted data, and perform homomorphic operations as rational number arithmetic on the ciphertexts, generating updated ciphertexts while the homomorphic encrypted data remains encrypted. The encryption application can then decrypt the updated ciphertexts to modified plaintext polynomials that can be resolved back to the plaintext polynomials effective to recover the integers that represent the initial data. The encryption application can also decode the modified plaintext polynomials back to the integers effective to recover the initial data in an unencrypted form.
US10749662B1	Baud-rate time error detector A receiver system that includes a clock and data recovery (CDR) system for aligning a local clock signal to an incoming data signal to extract correct timing information from the incoming data signal is provided. A timing error detector generates an output phase error signal representing the phase difference between the incoming data signal and the local clock signal. The timing error detector determines the phase difference according to recovered symbols and the difference between the recovered symbols and digital samples of the incoming data signal. The digital samples of the incoming data signal include intersymbol interference. The output timing information is suitable for aligning the local clock signal to the incoming data signal.
US10749653B2	Techniques and apparatuses for providing system information updates in a system using bandwidth parts Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may determine updated system information for a user equipment (UE), wherein the UE is associated with an initial access bandwidth part (BWP) and a configured BWP; and transmit the updated system information to the UE using at least one of unicast signaling, multicast signaling, the configured BWP, or a particular BWP that is different from the configured BWP. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10749649B2	Method and apparatus for generating pilot tone in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access system, and method and apparatus for estimating channel using it The present invention relates to a pilot tone generating method and apparatus of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access system and method, and a channel estimation method and apparatus using the same. The channel estimation apparatus includes a pilot tone extracting unit for extracting a pilot tone, which is inserted within a frame with data tone, masked with an orthogonal code; a pilot tone unmasking unit for unmasking of the pilot tone extracted from the pilot tone extracting unit by using an orthogonal code information; and a channel estimation operating unit for estimating a channel by calculating an average of the pilot tones which is unmasked in the unmasking unit.
US10749647B2	Beamformed transmission in high efficiency wireless LAN The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for beamformed transmission in a wireless local area network. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for transmitting a Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) frame to a plurality of stations (STAs) by an Access Point (AP) in a wireless local area network may be provided. The method may include transmitting a SIGNAL field of the PPDU frame, the SIGNAL field including beamforming information indicating whether beamforming is applied to respective data units of the PPDU frame, and transmitting the data units of the PPDU frame, the data units being individually beamformed or not beamformed according to the beamforming information.
US10749646B2	Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for communication Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for communication are provided. In an aspect, an apparatus for communication may include a processing system configured to receive a frame configured to assign at least member information or position information for one or more identifiers, and receive a data packet associated with a particular identifier and indicating a number of space-time streams for one or more position information. In another aspect, an apparatus for communication may include a processing system configured to transmit a frame configured to assign at least member information or position information for one or more identifiers, and transmit a data packet associated with a particular identifier and indicating a number of space-time streams for one or more position information.
US10749642B2	Dynamic retransmissions with fixed and minimum delays A network that supports retransmissions with fixed and minimum delays includes at least first, second and third transceivers. The first transceiver transmits to the second transceiver packets comprising data of first and second data types. The second transceiver: stores the received data in a second buffer; transmits to the third transceiver, without waiting a fixed delay, successfully-received packets comprising data of the first data type, which is encoded with a first error resistance level; and transmits to the third transceiver, after waiting the fixed delay, successfully-received packets comprising data of the second data type, which is also encoded with the first error resistance level. When the second transceiver receives a retransmission request from the third transceiver, it retransmits a packet comprising data of either the first or second data types, encoded with a second error resistance level that is higher than the first error resistance level.
US10749633B2	Generation of polar codes with a variable block length utilizing Polar codes may be generated with a variable block length utilizing puncturing. Some puncturing schemes consider punctured bits as unknown bits, and set the log likelihood ratio (LLR) for those bits to zero; while other puncturing schemes consider punctured bits as known bits, and set the LLR for those bits to infinity. Each of these puncturing schemes has been observed to provide benefits over the other under different circumstances, especially corresponding to different coding rates or different signal to noise ratio (SNR). According to aspects of the present disclosure, both puncturing schemes are compared, and the puncturing scheme resulting in the better performance is utilized for transmission.
US10749631B2	Method by which base station and terminal transmit and receive data signal in wireless communication system, and device for supporting same Disclosed are a method by which a base station and a terminal transmit and receive a data signal, and a device for supporting the same. More specifically, disclosed are: a method for efficiently transmitting and receiving a corresponding data signal between a base station and a terminal by using a coding scheme determined on the basis of various conditions for the transmitted data signal; and devices for supporting the same.
US10749629B2	Soft FEC with parity check The present invention is directed to data communication systems and techniques thereof. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide an FEC encoder that generates parity symbols that are embedded into FEC blocks. An FEC decoder determines whether to perform error correction based on the parity symbols. When performing error correction, the decoder selects a worst symbol from a segment of symbols, and the worst symbol is corrected. There are other embodiments as well.
US10749628B2	Terminal apparatus, control method therefor, and recording medium in which control program for terminal apparatus is stored A terminal apparatus (1) is provided with a coding unit (7), a decoding unit (2), and a control unit (5) for controlling the coding unit and the decoding unit individually. Under control of the control unit, the coding unit codes a payload, a first number of error corrections (3), and identification information (6) that are to be transmitted, on the basis of a method indicated by the already-transmitted identification information to thereby generate first coded data. The decoding unit decodes newly-received second coded data on the basis of a method indicated by the identification information included in a decoding result of the already-received second coded data.
US10749623B2	Fault-tolerant distributed passive optical network bonding Methods, systems, and apparatus for hosting an optical line terminal (OLT) bonding engine are disclosed. In one aspect, packet data for transmission over a passive optical (PON) is selected. A transmission wavelength assigned to the packet data is identified. A particular OLT is selected from among the additional OLTs to transmit the packet data over the PON based on the corresponding wavelength of the particular OLT matching the identified transmission wavelength assigned to the packet. The packet data is formatted based on the particular OLT. The formatted packet data is transmitted to the particular OLT for transmission over the communications interface.
US10749622B2	Optical module An integrated apparatus with optical/electrical interfaces and protocol converter on a single silicon substrate. The apparatus includes an optical module comprising one or more modulators respectively coupled with one or more laser devices for producing a first optical signal to an optical interface and one or more photodetectors for detecting a second optical signal from the optical interface to generate a current signal. Additionally, the apparatus includes a transmit lane module coupled between the optical module and an electrical interface to receive a first electric signal from the electrical interface and provide a framing protocol for driving the one or more modulators. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a receive lane module coupled between the optical module and the electrical interface to process the current signal to send a second electric signal to the electrical interface.
US10749621B2	Radio communication repeater, a radio communication system and method A radio communication repeater for operating in a Time Division Multiple Access radio communication system with a plurality of time slots to transmit packets. The repeater includes a transmitter to transmit a plurality of the packets in a transmit time slot assigned to that repeater and a receiver to receive a plurality of the packets from all other time slots of the TDMA radio communication system other than the transmit time slot assigned to that repeater. The repeater also includes a controller to process the received packets from all other time slots of the TDMA radio communication system other than the transmit time slot assigned to that repeater and, if the received packets have different recipient identifiers, to forward the received packets for transmission by the transmitter in the transmit time slot assigned to that repeater as a frame comprising a plurality of packets having different recipient identifiers.
US10749619B2	Method and piece of equipment for generating an original whole data stream and a modified whole data stream, intended to be broadcast by a broadcasting site and a rebroadcasting site, respectively A method for generating an original total stream intended for being distributed to at least one broadcasting site, which includes a modulator and a transmitter sending a radiofrequency signal on a first frequency. The method implements the following acts: obtaining at least one transport stream comprising at least one transport packet; obtaining, from at least one modulation parameter for the broadcasting site, at least one starting instant of a modulation frame intended for being sent by the broadcasting site; inserting at least one modulation information packet in the at least one transport stream, at a position determined from the at least one starting instant; and generating the original total stream, including at least one physical layer pipe encapsulating the at least one transport stream carrying the at least one modulation information packet.
US10749617B2	Wireless communication system and method for monitoring the quality of a wireless link and recommending a manual adjustment to improve the quality of the wireless link A system that acquires information from at least first and second electronic devices, the information indicating a quality of a wireless link between the at least first and second electronic devices; generates adjustment information indicating an adjustment of at least one of a position, orientation, antenna position or antenna direction of at least one of the first or second electronic devices to improve the quality of the wireless link between the first and second electronic devices; and controls outputting the adjustment information.
US10749615B2	Burst error addition device, test signal generation device using same, and burst error addition method There are included an error signal generation unit that generates an error signal for adding a burst error to each of an MSB and an LSB of the PAM4 signal in units of clock cycles, an error addition unit that performs an exclusive OR operation on the MSB and the LSB and the error signal and outputs bit strings obtained as a result of the operation, and a calculation unit that calculates the minimum number of clock cycles required for realizing a bit error rate of a desired test signal and the number of burst errors to be added to the MSB and the LSB during a period of the minimum number of the clock cycles.
US10749614B2	Method and apparatus for detecting a fault in a communication system Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for transmitting a source test signal directed to a second system of a distributed communication system for a retransmission of the source test signal by the second system and a plurality of other systems of the distributed communication system, receiving a plurality of returned test signals from the second system, wherein the plurality of returned test signals corresponds to a retransmission of the source test signal by at least one of the plurality of other systems, and determining from the plurality of returned test signals whether any one of the plurality of other systems is experiencing an operational fault based on an expected round trip delay for each of the plurality of returned test signals. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10749610B2	System and method for a subscriber-powered network element A system for powering a network element of a fiber optic wide area network is disclosed. When communication data is transferred between a central office (CO) and a subscriber terminal using a network element to convert optical to electrical (O-E) and electrical to optical (E-O) signals between a fiber from the central office and twisted wire pair, coaxial cable or Ethernet cable transmission lines from the subscriber terminal, techniques related to local powering of a network element or drop site by the subscriber terminal or subscriber premise remote powering device are provided. Certain advantages and/or benefits are achieved using the present invention, such as freedom from any requirement for additional meter installations or meter connection charges and does not require a separate power network.
US10749607B2	Integrated infra-red receiver and low/high-frequency receiver in portable transponder device A portable transponder device including a receiver having an input frequency range of either but not both of 20 kHz-300 kHz and 3 MHz-30 MHz, the receiver having a plurality of signal input channels, the input frequency range not including an infra-red frequency range, and infra-red frequency range receiving circuitry receiving infra-red frequency range signals modulated by at least one signal in the input frequency range, and providing the infra-red frequency range signals to the receiver through at least one signal input channel of the plurality of signal input channels.
US10749605B2	Laser power controller A system for transmitting a sequence of at least two data bursts in a fibre optical communications system includes: selection circuitry configured to select one of a data input value, a logical high value or a logical low value such that the selection circuitry selects the data input value during a data transmission period during a defined burst period and selects one of the logical high value and the logical low value during an extension time period during the defined burst period and immediately following the data transmission period, such that for the sequence of at least two bursts, at least one burst has a logical low value extension period and at least one burst has a logical high value extension period; drive circuitry configured to apply a current to a laser diode, the current corresponding to the value selected by the selection circuitry during the defined burst period or a zero value otherwise, the current being such that the laser diode is configured to provide an optical output; an optical sensor module configured to provide a sensor module output corresponding to the optical output of the laser diode; wherein the sensor module output is configured to provide an electrical output proportional to the laser diode's optical output corresponding to the logical high value and the logical low value in the sequence of at least two bursts, and further configured to provide an output corresponding to an average value of the sensor module output during only the data transmission period during the sequence of bursts; and a controller configured to receive values regarding desired minimum and maximum optical output power levels of the laser diode and to receive the electrical output from the optical sensor module proportional to the optical output power level corresponding to the logical high and the logical low values, and to receive the output corresponding to the average value of the sensor module output during only the data transmission period during the sequence of bursts; wherein the controller is configured to use the received information to provide control values for the drive circuitry.
US10749604B2	Optical phase distortion compensating device and method of compensating optical phase distortion A compensating device includes at least one detector configured to detect intensity variation of the optical signal, at least one filter configured to extract a band where most of the optical phase distortion is generated from a component of the intensity variation of the optical signal, a control circuit configured to generate, based on the extraction with the at least one filter, a compensation signal exhibiting temporal intensity variation of the input optical signal, at least one compensation signal light source configured to output, based on the compensation signal of a controller, a compensation signal light exhibiting intensity variation in opposite phase to the temporal intensity variation of the input optical signal and having a different wavelength from a wavelength of the optical signal and an optical multiplexer configured to output to a transmission path a signal light formed by combining the optical signal and the compensation signal light.
US10749600B2	Systems and methods for single optical fiber data transmission Optical transmission systems and methods are provided herein. The system includes a modulator configured to impress an input radio frequency (RF) signal onto an input optical signal to generate a first modulated optical signal and a second modulated optical signal. The system also includes a signal adjustment controller configured to apply a delay to the first modulated optical signal or the second modulated optical signal, interleave the first modulated optical signal and the second modulated optical signal, and transmit the interleaved first and second modulated optical signals as one optical signal. The system also includes a single optical link coupled to the modulator and configured to carry the interleaved first and second modulated optical signals to a receiver.
US10749586B2	Terminal device, wireless communication device, and communication method A terminal device including a control unit that makes a measurement report associated with antenna ports, for reception strength of a weighted reference signal which is allocated to each of the antenna ports of a base station in a connected state and which is to be beamformed from the base station, for each of one or more antenna ports.
US10749582B2	Systems and methods to coordinate transmissions in distributed wireless systems via user clustering Systems and methods are described for coordinating transmissions in distributed wireless systems via user clustering. For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: measuring link quality between a target user and a plurality of distributed-input distributed-output (DIDO) distributed antennas of base transceiver stations (BTSs); using the link quality measurements to define a user cluster; measuring channel state information (CSI) between each user and each DIDO antenna within a defined user cluster; and precoding data transmissions between each DIDO antenna and each user within the user cluster based on the measured CSI.
US10749577B2	Enabling a secondary cell in a massive MIMO system Embodiments of enabling a secondary cell in a massive MIMO system are generally described herein. An example apparatus of UE may include memory and processing circuitry to configure a MIMO transceiver to establish primary cell transmit and receive channels for communication with an eNodeB, and to receive a secondary cell addition signal that includes a preamble index for a secondary cell. The processing circuitry further configures the MIMO transceiver to receive beam reference signals (BRS), and select one of the BRS from the eNodeB as a secondary cell transmit channel for the secondary cell based on detected BRS receive power. The processing circuitry further configures the MIMO transceiver to provide information for the selected BRS, and provide xPRACH transmissions that include a transmit index to the eNodeB. The processing circuitry further configures the MIMO transceiver to receive selection of one of the xPRACH transmissions as a secondary cell receive channel.
US10749576B2	Evaluation of an average power consumption of an electronic circuit A device includes an electronic circuit and a voltage-controlled oscillator configured to receive information representative of a power supply voltage of the device. The voltage-controlled oscillator is coupled to the electronic circuit. A first counter is configured to count pulses supplied by the voltage-controlled oscillator and a second counter is configured to count pulses of a clock signal. The device is configured to estimate an average power of the electronic circuit based on the pulses counted by the first counter.
US10749575B2	Environmental condition and media composition sensing using near-field communications A method and near field communications (NFC) system for sensing at least one of an environmental condition or a composition of media in a proximity of the NFC system are provided. In the method and system, a first antenna irradiates an electromagnetic field during a sensor mode. A second antenna detects the electromagnetic field and outputs a voltage representative of the detected electromagnetic field. An NFC controller receives a signal representative of the voltage. The NFC controller determines at least one of the environmental condition or the composition of media based on an association stored in memory between the voltage and the at least one of the environmental condition or the composition of media.
US10749569B2	Surface wave repeater with pilot signal and methods for use therewith In accordance with one or more embodiments, a surface wave repeater includes a transceiver that generates a pilot signal that identifies the surface wave repeater. The transceiver adds the pilot signal to a microwave signal to create a combined signal. The transceiver couples the combined signal to a launcher to facilitate transmission of guided electromagnetic waves conveying data along with the pilot signal on a segment of a transmission medium.
US10749565B1	RF front end reduction of receiver de-sensitivity Systems and methods for reducing receiver de-sensitivity caused by coupling between a primary antenna and a diversity antenna. More particularly, the systems and methods reduce receiver de-sensitivity due to harmonic components associated with the signal transmitted by the primary antenna falling within a frequency band at which the diversity antenna is configured to sense signals. The systems and methods include amplifying a first signal to produce a transmission signal for transmission via the primary antenna; receiving, at the diversity antenna, a receive signal; amplifying, via a low noise amplifier, the receive signal to apply a gain to the receive signal; inverting the transmission signal; and adding the inverted transmission signal to the amplified receive signal to produce a corrected receive signal. Accordingly, the harmonic components introduced into the receive signal are canceled out via negative feedback at the radio frequency (RF) front end.
US10749564B2	System and method for bi-directional radio communication Apparatus and methods for performing wireless communications are provided. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a transformer including a first winding, a second winding, and a third winding. The apparatus also includes a first transmitter circuit coupled with the first winding, and a second circuit coupled with the second winding. The third winding is coupled with an antenna. The first transmitter circuit is configured to transmit a first signal to the antenna via magnetic coupling between the first winding and the third winding. The second circuit is configured to tolerate without damage a second signal from the first transmitter circuit, wherein the second signal is generated from the first signal via magnetic coupling between the first winding and the second winding. A turn ratio between the first winding and the second winding can be configured to limit a voltage of the second signal to be within a pre-determined threshold.
US10749562B2	Multiway switch, radio frequency system, and wireless communication device A multiway switch, a radio frequency system, and a wireless communication device are provided. The multiway switch is applicable to a wireless communication device being operable in a single-frequency single-transmit mode. The multiway switch includes five T ports and 2n P ports. The five T ports are configured to be coupled with a radio frequency circuit. The 2n P ports are configured to be coupled with an antenna system comprising 2n antennas. The five T ports include one first T port coupled with all of the 2n P ports. The multiway switch is configured to be coupled with the radio frequency circuit and the antenna system to implement a preset function of the wireless communication device of transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) through 2n antennas corresponding to the 2n P ports in turn.
US10749554B1	System and method for short block length distribution matching A communication system transmits an input block of bits over a communication channel using a prefix tree that maps a dyadic distribution of compositions of output symbols to prefixes of variable lengths. A path to each leaf of the prefix tree is defined by a prefix formed by a unique sequence of binary values of a length equal to a depth of the leaf. Each leaf is associated with a composition that has at least a number of unique permutations equals to two in a power of a length of a suffix of the block of input bits. The system selects a composition identified in the prefix tree by a prefix, permutes the selected composition according to a suffix, and transmits the permuted composition over a communication channel. The compositions are selected to reduce one or combination of energy and kurtosis of transmission.
US10749540B2	Microwave resonant cavity for laser cooling, microwave interrogation and atomic state detection in situ A microwave resonant cavity for laser cooling, microwave interrogation, and atomic state detection, comprising a microwave resonant cavity body, two cutoff waveguide end covers, and four waveguides for laser beams and microwave coupling. The cavity feeds not only microwave but also laser beams into the center of the cavity. In a vacuum chamber with target atoms, the target atoms may be trapped and cooled in the center of the cavity. By sequential operation of the resonant microwave and lasers, the microwave resonant cavity of the present invention may manipulate and detect the atomic state population and interrogate the energy level of the cold atoms in situ. The invention may be applied to the fields of atomic frequency standard, interferometer and atomic gyro for developing the miniaturized cold atoms related precision measurement equipment.
US10749538B2	Oscillator arrangement and method for sychronizing an oscillator An oscillator arrangement having an oscillator configured to generate an oscillation signal having two half-cycles, an input configured to receive a synchronization signal including synchronization triggers, a synchronizer configured to reject a synchronization trigger received during a first part of a half-cycle and to synchronize the oscillator to a synchronization trigger received during a second part of the half-cycle, and a controller configured to prolong the second part of the half-cycle in response to receiving a synchronization trigger during the first part of the half-cycle.
US10749537B2	Hybrid phase lock loop Hybrid phase lock loop (PLL) devices are provided that combine advantages of the digital controlled loop and the analog controlled loop. For example, a hybrid PLL includes a digital controlled loop that receives a reference input signal and an output signal of the hybrid PLL, and generates a digital tuning word. The hybrid PLL further includes an analog controlled loop that receives the reference input signal and the output signal of the hybrid PLL, and generates an output voltage. The hybrid PLL also includes a hybrid oscillator. An oscillator controller of the digital controlled loop controls the hybrid oscillator using the digital tuning word and disables the analog controlled loop during a frequency tracking operational mode of the hybrid PLL. The oscillator controller enables the analog controlled loop to control the hybrid oscillator during the phase tracking operational mode of the hybrid PLL.
US10749535B2	Apparatus and methods for distributed timing using digital time stamps from a time-to-digital converter Apparatus and methods for clock synchronization and frequency translation are provided herein. Clock synchronization and frequency translation integrated circuits (ICs) generate one or more output clock signals having a controlled timing relationship with respect to one or more reference signals. The teachings herein provide a number of improvements to clock synchronization and frequency translation ICs, including, but not limited to, reduction of system clock error, reduced variation in clock propagation delay, lower latency monitoring of reference signals, precision timing distribution and recovery, extrapolation of timing events for enhanced phase-locked loop (PLL) update rate, fast PLL locking, improved reference signal phase shift detection, enhanced phase offset detection between reference signals, and/or alignment to phase information lost in decimation.
US10749531B1	Multi-modulus frequency divider circuit A multi-modulus frequency divider circuit includes first and second frequency division stages. The first frequency division stage receives a first input clock signal having a first oscillating frequency, a first modulus input signal, and a first division bit. The first frequency division stage divides the first oscillating frequency by a first division ratio, and generates a second input clock signal having a second oscillating frequency. The second frequency division stage receives the second input clock signal, a second modulus input signal, and a second division bit. The second frequency division stage generates an output clock signal having an output oscillating frequency by dividing the second oscillating frequency by a second division ratio.
US10749528B2	Stacked programmable integrated circuitry with smart memory Circuitry is provided that includes programmable fabric with fine-grain routing wires and a separate programmable coarse-grain routing network that provides enhanced bandwidth, low latency, and deterministic routing behavior. The programmable fabric may be implemented on a top die that is stacked on the active interposer die. The programmable coarse-grain routing network and smart memory circuitry may be implemented on an active interposer die. the smart memory circuitry may be configured to perform higher level functions than simple read and write operations. The smart memory circuitry may carry out command based low cycle count operations using a state machine without requiring execution of a program code, complex microcontroller based multicycle operations, and other non-generic microcontroller based smart RAM functions.
US10749523B2	Switch circuit and multiplexer applying the switch circuit A switch circuit includes: a switching device control circuit receiving a first voltage and a second voltage, a first Type-I switching device coupled to the switching device control circuit and a first control voltage, a first Type-II switch element coupled to the switch control circuit and the first Type-I switch element, and a second Type-II switch element coupled to the first Type-I switch element and the first Type-II switch element. When the second voltage is higher than the first voltage, the switch control circuit turns on the first Type-II switch element in order to turn off the second Type-II switch element; and when the second voltage is higher than the first voltage, the first Type-I switch element is off.
US10749521B2	Method for identifying a correct operation of an electrical switching unit, computer program product for executing such a method, and full bridge circuit with a control device for executing such a method A method for identifying correct operation of an electrical switching unit, having a full bridge circuit and inductive load operated by the full bridge circuit. The full bridge circuit includes a first semiconductor switching element supplying the inductive load with a first supply voltage potential and a second semiconductor switching element supplying the inductive load with a second supply voltage potential, having a smaller value than the first supply voltage potential. The first and second semiconductor switching element each have a diode. The method determines that the first semiconductor switching element changes from an activated state into a deactivated state, measures a voltage applied to the second semiconductor switching element, compares the measured voltage with a first threshold and detecting that, if the measured voltage on the second semiconductor switching element falls below the second supply voltage potential by the predefined first threshold, the electrical switching unit is operating correctly.
US10749519B2	Semiconductor device driving method and driving apparatus and power conversion apparatus Turn-on and turn-off of a semiconductor device are controlled through control of a gate voltage in accordance with a driving control signal. At a first time after a start of a Miller period of a gate voltage in driving a gate of the semiconductor device in accordance with the driving control signal, a driving signal is changed from “1” to “0” to thereby make a gate driving ability temporarily lower than the gate driving ability during a period from a starting time of the turn-on operation to the first time. Further, at a second time corresponding to an end of the Miller period, the driving signal is changed from “0” to “1” to thereby increase the gate driving ability.
US10749517B2	Semiconductor device and overcurrent protection device A semiconductor device includes a first main MOS transistor and a second main MOS transistor of a vertical structure that are inversely coupled to each other in series by sharing a drain electrode and a first sense MOS transistor and a second sense MOS transistor of a vertical structure that are inversely coupled to each other in series by sharing a drain electrode. The first sense MOS transistor is used for detecting the main current of the first main MOS transistor, and the second sense MOS transistor is used for detecting the main current of the second main MOS transistor.
US10749513B2	SoC supply droop compensation Droop monitors spread across a system-on-chip (SoC) monitor for voltage droops in regulated supply voltage supplied to logic circuitry of the SoC. In the event of a voltage droop, a clock signal supplied to the logic circuitry is stretched, to temporarily increase a period of the clock signal. The droop monitors may include a sensing delay line provided voltage at the regulated supply voltage, and a reference delay line supplied with a reference voltage, with operations of the delay lines monitored to determine a voltage droop.
US10749512B2	Switch control circuitry Disclosed herein are silicon-on-insulator (SOI) switches and associated control circuits having level shifters configured to provide increased voltages (positive and/or negative) to the switches. The disclosed level shifters can be configured to provide increased voltages and can be used with high-linearity switches and/or can improve the linearity of switches. The improved switch performance can improve front end module performance for applications such as carrier aggregation (CA) and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) as well as with protocols such as Long-Term Evolution Advanced (or LTE-A).
US10749511B2	IO circuit and access control signal generation circuit for IO circuit The present disclosure provides an IO circuit and an access control signal generation circuit for the IO circuit. In one implementation, the access control signal generation circuit includes: a bias module coupled with an IO port, for generating an access control signal according to an IO port signal and an IO control signal, where a voltage value of the access control signal is a maximum value of a voltage value of an IO port voltage division signal and a voltage value of the IO control signal, and the voltage value of the IO port voltage division signal is a percentage of a voltage value of the IO port signal; an access control module coupled with the bias module, the access control module configured to control cut-off or conduction when receiving the access control signal and the IO port signal and outputting a first interface signal; and a higher-selection module configured to generate a second interface signal according to an IO power source signal and the IO port signal. In the present disclosure, the voltage of the first interface signal varies according to the voltage of an IO port, so as to resolve the problem of reliability, thereby improving the open-drain performance.
US10749508B1	Signal converter, duty-cycle corrector, and differential clock generator A signal converter, a duty-cycle corrector, and a differential clock generator are provided. The differential clock generator includes the signal converter and the duty-cycle corrector. The signal converter is capable of calibrating skew distortion, and the duty-cycle corrector is capable of calibrating duty-cycle distortion. With the signal converter and the duty-cycle corrector, the differential clock generator can be applied to communication devices operating at high frequency.
US10749507B1	Current trimming system, method, and apparatus A trimming resource includes an adjustable driver resource, a differential voltage generator, and a trim current generator. The adjustable driver resource produces an output signal. The differential voltage generator receives the output signal from the adjustable driver resource and produces a differential drive signal. The trim current generator derives a trim signal from the differential drive signal received from the differential voltage generator. According to one configuration, the trim current generator outputs the trim signal to an electronic component, correcting an operational parameter of the electronic component.
US10749505B2	High-speed transmitter including a multiplexer using multi-phase clocks Systems and methods for data multiplexing include or use a data serializer having a first set of four serializer outputs and a second set of four serializer outputs. The systems and methods also use or include a pair of 4 to 1 multiplexers each having four first multiplexer inputs and one first multiplexer outputs and a 2 to 1 multiplexer having two multiplexer inputs and one multiplexer output.
US10749504B2	Circuit and method for automatically calibrating phase interpolator A circuit and a method for automatically calibrating a phase interpolator are provided. Phase information of a reference clock signal and an output clock signal are processed by a phase detector to detect a phase difference of the two clock signals. A difference value between the phase difference and a standard phase difference corresponding to the digital control code is obtained, to generate compensation information. The compensation information is sent to the phase interpolator control unit for storage. When the phase interpolator operates normally, a phase interpolator control unit generates a control signal based on the compensation information, to regulate the phase value of the output clock signal of the phase interpolator.
US10749500B2	High-frequency module A high-frequency module that performs filtering of signals transmitted and received through an antenna includes an antenna terminal, a transmission terminal, a reception terminal, a reception filter connected between the antenna terminal and the reception terminal, a transmission filter connected between the antenna terminal and the transmission terminal, a first element connected between the antenna terminal and the transmission filter, and a second element connected in series between the transmission terminal and the transmission filter. The first element and the second element are capacitively coupled to each other.
US10749495B2	Adaptive matching network An apparatus for acquiring a desired response to an electromagnetic signal includes an adaptive network that receives a feedback signal and dynamically adjusts an electrical characteristic of the adaptive network in response to the feedback signal, the adaptive network electrically cooperating with an electrical component. A measurement device measures a parameter indicative of a combined response by the electrical component and the adaptive network to an impinging electromagnetic signal. A processor identifies, in accordance with the measured parameter, the feedback signal that reduces the difference between a predetermined response and the combined response to the electromagnetic signal. A feedback generator generates the identified feedback signal and conveys the generated feedback signal to the adaptive network.
US10749494B2	Noise filter circuit A positive electrode side input loop line (10a) and a positive electrode side output loop line (10b), and a negative electrode side input loop line (11a) and a negative electrode side output loop line (11b) form two sets of coupling loops, and the loop lines of the two sets have the same winding direction, and have the same loop sizes of and relative relationship between the loop lines. A capacitor (3) is connected in series between the positive electrode side input loop line (10a) and the negative electrode side input loop line (11a).
US10749492B2	Piezoelectric vibration component and method for manufacturing the same A lid and an insulating bonding layer that seal a piezoelectric vibrator on a substrate are bonded with higher strength. A piezoelectric vibration component includes a substrate having a principal surface on which a piezoelectric vibrator is mounted, an insulating film disposed on the principal surface, a lid having a recess opening toward the principal surface and an edge portion around the recess. Moreover, first and second insulating bonding layers are interposed between the lid and the substrate. The first and second insulating bonding layers are joined together between the edge portion and the insulating film so as to seal the piezoelectric vibrator in a space between the recess and the principal surface.

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